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Cruise company still searching for port for virus ship

Since a brief stop in Chile on March 14, the Zaandam cruise liner has been turned away from several ports after reporting that 42 people aboard were suffering from flu-like symptoms. [Image: AFP]

Passengers on a virus-stricken cruise liner entered the Panama Canal in Central America Sunday after they were told the company was still searching for a port that will allow them to disembark, even as they pleaded for help.

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