According to information from the Quang Ninh Department of Health, on the afternoon of August 11, Bai Chay Hospital received 7 cases of tourists admitted to the hospital with vomiting, abdominal pain, and diarrhea.
These are tourists in a group of 750 people from Hanoi. Before being hospitalized, these tourists had lunch at Ha Long Coast restaurant on August 10 and 1 dinner on August 10 and 1 breakfast on August 11 at Muong Thanh Luxury hotel. Some guests in the group also went out and ate yogurt after dinner on August 10.
After the incident, Ha Long City Health Department organized an inspection of the implementation of food safety regulations at the facility providing the above meals.
During the inspection process, these establishments were all granted certificates of food safety conditions. The authorities are verifying the cause of the incident and strictly handling violations, if any.
For cases hospitalized on the afternoon of August 11 at Bai Chay Hospital, 6/7 cases have been discharged, the remaining cases are in stable health.