More than 200 Britons are trapped on the Zaandem which has been turned away from several ports. President Trump has intervened to tell Florida’s governor to allow the ship to dockA Briton is among four people to have died on a coronavirus-stricken cruise ship stranded off the US coast. Two of the four people who died on the Zaandam, moored off the coast of Florida, had been diagnosed with Covid-19. The Zaandam, carrying more than 200 Britons, is seeking to dock in Florida after being turned away from numerous ports. Ron DeSantis, Florida’s governor, said that the state’s resources were too overstretched to deal with the cases on the ship.

Source: The Times March 31, 2020 23:06 UTC