3/26/2020
MIAMI, Fla. - The U.S. Coast Guard is working to evacuate multiple crew members aboard Costa Magica and Costa Favolosa that have respiratory symptoms consistent with pneumonia and bronchitis.
After consulting with the ship's doctors, local, state, and federal health officials, 13 crew members between both ships may need to be evacuated and taken ashore, according to the Coast Guard.
The Coast Guard Captain of the Port, Sector Miami, issued an order to both ships to remain three miles offshore and to refrain from any personnel transfer operations while Unified Command works to get sick crew members onshore.
The cruise ships will be taking crew members ashore with small boats, according to the Coast Guard. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue will help take sick patients to local hospitals.
As I write at 930 pm edst, the zaandam has stopped
the rotterdam is closing in on it
this is like the sci-fi movies where a rescue ship meets a space craft.
We need updates as to passengers being moved from one ship to the other, in the middle of the ocean.
https://www.cruisemapper.com/?imo=9195169