By Joseph Jubelag ALABEL, SARANGANI- Local health authorities have placed four Chinese tourists, including a minor, under mandatory quarantine for the novel coronavirus (ncoV) while visiting a beach resort in Glan town. Dr. Arvin Alejandro, head of the Sarangani Health Office. (File photo courtesy of the provincial government) Provincial health officer Arvin Alejandro said the four Chinese nationals, who arrived in Glan town last Feb. 2, are undergoing a 14-day quarantine procedure at the drug rehabilitation facility built by the Chinese government in Barangay Kawas here. The drug rehabilitation center is not presently occupied by a drug patient. Alejandro said local residents reported the  presence of Chinese nationals at the beach resort in Glan, the white sand beaches of which are frequented by local and foreign tourists. Glan town mayor Vivien Yap had earlier ordered local beach resorts to refrain from accommodating Chinese nationals amid the risk of the spread of nCoV in their locality. Alejandro said the Chinese tourists were originally booked in a resort in Samal Island, but opted to proceed to Glan, Sarangani after they were denied accommodation in Samal. Sarangani Gov. Steve Solon said personnel from the provincial health office were immediately dispatched to track down the Chinese tourists, who were turned over to the epidemiology surveillance unit of the Department of Health which  administers the quarantine procedure. He said the Chinese nationals, who came from Fujian, China, were told to comply with the quarantine protocol imposed by DOH. “They are being taken care of at the quarantine facility,” Solon said. If the Chinese nationals do not show any symptoms of the nCoV infection after the 14-day quarantine period, Alejandro said they  will be issued with medical clearances and allowed to leave the country. Meanwhile, health authorities in General Santos City issued an advisory that a local Chinese businessman who was placed under monitoring for possible nCoV infection tested negative for the virus during the 14-day quarantine period which ended Thursday. The Chinese trader had undergone self-quarantine after he traveled to Wuhan, China to spend the lunar new year celebration there and returned to General Santos City last Jan. 22.