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In this Saturday, March 28, 2020 photo made available by Juan Huergo, a tender approaches the Zaandam, a Holland America cruise ship off Panama. The tender transferred passengers from the Zaandam to the Rotterdam (background). The Zaandam has many passengers experiencing flu-like symptoms. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Monday, March 30, 2020, that it would be a mistake to bring passengers from the Zandaam to Florida. He said the area's hospital beds need to be saved for residents and not "foreign nationals." (Juan Huergo via AP)

In this Saturday, March 28, 2020 photo made available by Juan Huergo, a tender approaches the Zaandam, a Holland America cruise ship off Panama. The tender transferred passengers from the Zaandam to the Rotterdam (background). The Zaandam has many passengers experiencing flu-like symptoms. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Monday, March 30, 2020, that it would be a mistake to bring passengers from the Zandaam to Florida. He said the area's hospital beds need to be saved for res…

March 31, 2020

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Florida docking plan in the works for ill-fated cruise ships
March 31, 2020 8:57 p.m.

Florida docking plan in the works for ill-fated cruise ships

MIAMI (AP) — Passengers from an ill-fated South American cruise are eager to disembark once they reach Florida, but Gov. Ron DeSantis said the state's health care resources are already stretched too thin to take on the ships' coronavirus caseload. The U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday that the decision would be punted to Washington if authorities can't agree.