A health worker gives check-up to the Filipino sailor on the vessel Federal Cardinal

The centre said the sailor, born in 1996, had chest pains and then lost consciousness when the vessel Federal Cardinal, en-route from Singapore to Tianjin in China, was about 135 nautical miles to the southeast of Cape Vung Tau on April 22.

Shortly after receiving a message from the ship’s captain, the national MRCC liaised with a healthcare centre to give first aid instructions. Rescue Vessel SAR 272 took the victim to the mainland at 12.10am on April 23.

The Region 3 centre said that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it also required the Federal Cardinal to provide a history of its voyage and a list of crew members along with their health condition.

Rapid test results revealed that all crew members were negative for the SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19, it noted, adding that to ensure safety, it disinfected the rescue boat and kept the rescue team in quarantine./.