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| - The virus-hit cruise ship Zaandam, which has dozens of ill passengers and crew on board, has been cleared to dock in Florida Thursday after days stranded at sea, officials and a passenger said. "The Coast Guard, Homeland Security, health officials, and Broward County have reached a decision to allow the #Zaandam and #Rotterdam cruise ships to dock" in Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, the city's mayor Dean Trantalis said on Twitter. The Zaandam and its sister ship the Rotterdam, operated by Holland America Line, have been stranded after authorities in several South American countries refused them port access. Rick De Pinho, a Zaandam passenger who was transferred to the Rotterdam at sea, sent AFP a recording of a message from the ship's captain confirming port clearance had been granted. lm-sst/ec
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