Malaysian flight in isolation in Tianjin after 2 passengers with virus

A total of 16 Malaysians and Bolivians, who were passengers from a flight with two confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, are under isolation and observation in a hotel in Dongli district, Tianjin.

They were passengers from the Malindo Air Flight Number OD688 from Sabah, Malaysia, which arrived in Tianjin on Jan 25.

Upon their arrival, all the 31 passengers together with the flight crew members were directly arranged to go to a hotel for isolation, because on the flight three passengers were reported to have fever.

The first case on the flight, confirmed on Jan 26, was a person aged 71 from Wuhan, the epicenter of the epidemic, who had traveled to Malaysia from Jan 19-25.

This morning the city confirmed the 25th case of novel coronavirus, a person who was also the second from the same flight.

He was a local resident from Wuhan and traveled to Malaysia from Jan 19-25.

Currently, all crew members and passengers have been isolated in a hotel in Dongli district, Tianjin, and the whole hotel has been closed.

According to Zhang Shixi, vice-director, Dongli District Health Committee, the isolated individuals are under strict observation and provided with stringent and high-level medical services from Tianjin Traditional Medicine Hospital.

Currently, a total of 13 doctors are in service and the body temperature of the isolated individuals averages from 36-37 C, the hospital said.

The hotel is now under regular sanitation and the district provides abundant water, food, cleaning and living supplies for the isolated individuals. All the rubbish from the hotel is under strict treatment.