Trump: We have to take care of cruise ship passengers

U.S. President Donald Trump said arrangements h been me with Canian and British governments to evacuate many of passengers on two cruise ships set to soon dock in Florida.

Trump ded that officials in states overwhelmed by coronavirus infections are reluctant to have passengers immediately return to ir communities.

It's a tough situation you kw, Trump said. You can understand you have people that are sick on ships and states don't want to take (m). y have eugh problems right w. y don't want to take m. But we have to from a humane standpoint. We don't have a choice. I don't want to do that but we have to. People are dying.

For most people, new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough that clear up in two to three weeks.

For some, especially older ults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia, and could le to death.

Altoger, close to 940,000 people around world have contracted virus, according to a tally being kept by Johns Hopkins University.

More than 47,000 people have died from virus, which was first found in China late last year.