Photo: ReutersHundreds of passengers on a cruise ship, on which four people have died and over 130 others have influenza-like symptoms, including at least two with the coronavirus, will be transferred to a sister ship, Panamanian authorities say. It said 401 asymptomatic passengers will be transferred from cruise operator Holland America Line's 238m MS Zaandam vessel to the Rotterdam, a sister ship. There are 1,243 guests and 586 crew on board the Zaandam, as well as four doctors and four nurses, the cruise operator has said. "I understand that about 70 'healthy' passengers have transferred so far ... People transferring to tender as we speak. He and his wife passed the temperature test but answered that they, like many fellow passengers, have suffered from a cough.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 28, 2020 20:26 UTC