Elderly Irish citizens are trapped like prisoners aboard a cruise ship where people are dying of the coronavirus.

4 people are now dead. More are dying. 80+ have fallen ill.

They are not allowed to dock. They have been stranded since 14th March. The Department of Foreign Affairs in Ireland is not doing enough to help them!

There are nearly 200 UK citizens and about 130 Australians also trapped on the ship!!

Passengers have been locked into their 3m x 5m windowless cabins for nearly a week now. They have been given 30 mins fresh air in that entire time.

My friend's mother (71) and aunt (69) are aboard and trapped in their rooms along with a number of other Irish citizens.

The media is reporting on this, yet the Irish government is still doing nothing. This cannot become another coffin ship.

This is a humanitarian crisis-there is not enough medical staff (4 doctors, 2 nurses as reported on Holland America media outlets) to deal with unwell patients. The passengers are scared left with no plan. The government needs to make a plan to save the passengers

Please sign this petition to insist Minister Simon Coveney, an Taoiseach Leo Varadkar do something to help our friends and loved ones in this desperate situation.

https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2020/0327/1126880-cruise-ship-irish-covid-19/

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/03/28/four-passengers-die-panama-cruise-ship-britons-plead-come-home/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/28/very-scary-pleas-for-safe-harbour-from-stranded-cruise-ship-near-panama