By Tara Yap Not all of the Chinese tourists who recently visited Boracay Island in Aklan province were able to leave the country as 11 of them are still under quarantine for possible exposure to the novel coronavirus (nCoV). People wearing facemasks to help stop the spread of a deadly virus which began in the city, walk in front of the Wuhan Fifth Hospital in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on January 24, 2020. - China sealed off millions more people near the epicentre of a virus outbreak on January 24, shutting down public transport in an eighth city in an unprecedented quarantine effort as the death toll climbed to 26. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP / FILE / MANILA BULLETIN) Dr. Cornelio Cuachon Jr., chief of the Aklan Provincial Health Office, confirmed that the 11 Chinese nationals are currently still under medical observation. Cuachon said four of 11 patients may possibly have been exposed to nCov when they went to Hong Kong—where there are several positive nCoV cases—before flying into Manila late last week and then proceeding to Kalibo, the provincial capital of Aklan. The seven other Chinese are from Hubei, the Chinese province where Wuhan is located and is considered nCov’s epicenter. According to Cuachon, the Bureau of Quarantine under the Department of Health (DOH) has been advised by Hong Kong health authorities to track the Chinese tourists. The 11 Chinese are currently staying at a hostel owned and managed by the Aklan provincial government in Kalibo town. “Food and accommodation is free while we are monitoring them,” Cuachon said. The 11 Chinese are separate from the three Chinese children who were previously quarantined at the Dr. Rafael S. Tumbokon Memorial Hospital. The children reportedly had flu-like symptoms and have been discharged. Meanwhile, it is unclear when the Chinese will leave the country as there are no more direct flights to Wuhan from Kalibo International Airport.