Sick ship with dead aboard could reach Fort Lauderdale by Wednesday

“We cannot afford to have people who are not even Floridians dumped into South Florida using up those valuable resources,” DeSantis said, adding he is in touch with the White House over the fate of the Zaandam, as well as a companion ship, the Rotterdam, where some passengers were moved. “We view this as a big, big problem and we don’t want to see people dumped in southern Florida right now.”