President Trump urged the Grand Princess ’ passengers and crewmembers to stay on the ship due to the coronavirus pandemic .
Vice President Pence announced that the ship would be brought to a non-commercial port , and that they will be testing everyone on the ship and quarantining everyone as necessary.  ? v=pAsq7-_3XTI President Trump said that , despite what experts told him about limiting the spread of COVID-19 , he wanted those on board Grand Princess to stay on the ship so that they would not be counted as US coronavirus cases , which would otherwise `` double because of one ship that was n't our fault '' .
2020 coronavirus pandemic on cruise ships