A Chinese man who tested positive for coronavirus fell sick on a family vacation to Mexico before he flew back to Los Angeles, according to a report.
The 38-year-old man, who was only identified as Q.L., traveled Jan. 20 to Mexico City on a Delta Airlines flight from Los Angeles, the Mexican newspaper Milenio reported.
Upon arrival, the man took an Uber to the Hotel Hilton Mexico City Reforma, where he was staying with his family, according to the report.
The next day, they had breakfast in the hotel before roaming around the city’s tourist sights, the report said.
The group walked about a mile to the Catedral Metropolitana, went to a museum and ate tacos at a local restaurant, the outlet reported.
Later that evening, he began to feel ill and the next day took an Uber back to the airport, where he flew back with his family on an American Airlines flight to LA, the report said.
American Airlines confirmed that a passenger from the flight received medical attention upon arrival and was transported to a local medical center for “precautionary reasons.”
“The safety of our customers and team members is our top priority,” a spokesperson told The Post.
Mexico’s health ministry said Saturday that a person carrying the new coronavirus had visited Mexico City, but since left the country, and that it had taken steps to monitor whether the illness spread.
The department said it informed guests at the hotel, as well as Uber, about the man’s case.
“An epidemiological investigation is being carried out with the objective of identifying potential contacts that could have been spread,” the department said, adding that no one had shown any symptoms of the coronavirus.
Uber said Mexico City health officials reached out for information about the man after he was confirmed to have the coronavirus, and the the company suspended two drivers whom he came into contact with on the trip, as well as the accounts of 240 other riders in case one of the drivers potentially spread the virus to them.
“We directed them to contact the public health authorities for further information,” the company said in a statement to The Post.
The accounts will remain suspended for two weeks — the known incubation period for the virus.
Hilton Hotels & Resorts said medical and guest privacy rules prevent it from commenting on the case.
Mexico has reported no confirmed cases of the coronavirus, which originated in China and spread to more than 20,000 people.
Delta and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention didn’t respond to questions about the case.
With Post wires