A Chinese tourist had been tested positive for the Coronavirus after returning from a tour to Nha Trang City in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa.
Passengers wait for temperature checking at Cam Ranh Airport in Khanh Hoa Province
Director of the Khanh Hoa Provincial Department of Health, Bui Xuan Minh, said on Wednesday that they have received an urgent notice from Vietnam Airlines about a Chinese tourist who was found positive for the Coronavirus after returning from a trip to Nha Trang City.
In the Vietnam Airlines' notice, Dai/Chun Xia, 46, travelled from Zhèngzhōu City to Khanh Hoa Province on flight VN705 on January 23 and returned to China on flight VN704 on January 28. The male passenger ran a fever on the return flight and was then tested positive for the Coronavirus.
"The tourist had stayed in two hotels in Hon Tre Island and Duong Hien Quyen Street in Nha Trang City and met with two hotel receptionists, some tourist guides, bus drivers and interpreters," the notice said. "During his stay in Nha Trang, he came for health check-ups at a local hospital on the morning of 24, 26, 27, and 28 of January."
Vietnam Airlines said that they have disinfected two planes carrying the tourist and isolated the flight crew.
"The local Health Department is monitoring the people who had met with the tourist and ask for the disinfection of the hotels where he stayed in Nha Trang," Minh said
Authorities of Khanh Hoa Province and Danang City have requested the suspension of Chinese tourists since January 28 amid the rapid spread of the Coronavirus.