On 9 March 2020, the Ministry of Health confirmed that preliminary coronavirus tests had returned positive for a 53-year-old male who had returned from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 3 March 2020.[1] The patient began to experience symptoms on 2020.03.07, and was eventually moved to the National Isolation Centre in Tutong for treatment.[1] The ministry is following up with the three friends he had travelled with, and with the patient's family members.[1]