Ship Ocean Amazing left Indonesia on February 20. When travelling through Vietnamese waters, a crew member suddenly died of unknown causes. The case was reported to the Vietnamese authorities for the assistance.

Right after that, Vietnamese agencies conducted a rescue and took Covid-19 testing samples for 20 people on the ship.

Among the twenty, five have tested positive for the first time.

The provincial Centre for Disease Control and Prevention have sent the test samples of the crew members to HCM City Pasteur Institute for the second test.

The ship has not yet entered Vietnamese waters. The body of the dead crew member has not yet been brought ashore, so there are no Covid-19 infection risks for Vietnam.

The Ministry of Health has been informed of the case.

The ship’s captain has said that if any crew member tests positive for the virus for a second time, the ship will return to Indonesia for sterilisation.