Hundreds leave virus-hit ship off Panama

By Elida Moreno
Updated March 29 2020 - 7:28am, first published 7:23am
People deemed not to have COVID-19 are being evacuated from the Zaandam to a sister ship off Panama.
People deemed not to have COVID-19 are being evacuated from the Zaandam to a sister ship off Panama.

Hundreds of passengers on a cruise ship, where four people have died and more than130 others have influenza-like symptoms, including at least two with the coronavirus, will be transferred to a sister ship, Panamanian authorities say.

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