Brits will be flown home to the UK after a 75-year-old man died on board a cruise ship hit by coronavirus. US President Donald Trump said arrangements had been made with the UK Government to evacuate British passengers on two cruise ships set to soon dock in Florida.
Four people have died aboard the cruise ship Zaandam, including British man John Carter, whose widow has been isolated on board since his death.
The couple were among 200 Britons on the ship, which has recorded nine confirmed cases of Covid-19 and has some 200 people on board who have reported flu-like symptoms.
The Zaandam offloaded its healthy passengers onto its sister-ship, the Rotterdam, earlier this week, with both vessels having been denied entry to ports in several