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Cruise ship with sick passengers heading to Florida

Published  March 31, 2020 12:05am EDT
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Associated Press

Cruise ship with sick passengers heading to Florida

A cruise ship bound for Florida has at least 200 sick people and four deaths believed to be connected to the coronavirus.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis doesn't want a cruise ship where four people died and others are sick to offload passengers for treatment.

DeSantis also told a news conference he expects South Florida's four counties - Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and Monroe - will be on near-lockdown until mid-May.

He says Florida can't treat outsiders right now. The cruise line says the passengers on board include 304 Americans.

Speaking at a news conference at a testing center outside the Hard Rock Stadium on Monday, DeSantis said Holland America should send doctors to treat passengers on board.