MIRI: Miri MP Dr Michael Teo Yu Keng has urged the Health Ministry to look into reports that a Brunei national who tested positive for Covid-19 had visited Miri twice in the past week.

"From the information that is going around, it is said that this Brunei man had visited Miri on March 3 and 6.

"It was said that he had used a flight from Miri here to go elsewhere and then when he came back to Miri, he went shopping in the city," he said, adding that the man then went back to Brunei via road.

Dr Teo said that the man reportedly came back to Miri again and went shopping again before going back to Brunei.

"The Health Ministry in Putrajaya should get in touch with their Brunei counterparts to check the details.

"Mirians should not be unduly worried but practise the necessary precautions," he told The Star.

Dr Teo said the Brunei man, in his 50s, was said to have come to Miri with a delegation of visitors who were all from that sultanate.

Miri is only 35km away from Brunei.

Some 40,000 Bruneians cross the Sungai Tujuh border checkpoint daily on Friday and Saturday to come here for food, entertainment and shopping.