Tenerife Hotel Locked Down as Guest Found to Have Coronavirus

A hotel in Tenerife popular with British holidaymakers was locked down on February 25 after an Italian guest tested positive for the COVIDー19 strain of coronavirus.

El Pais, citing local health officials, said around a thousand people were staying at the H10 Costa Adeje Palace and that the complex was cordoned off and under police guard.

Aly Razek recorded video outside the H10 Costa Adeje Palace hotel after returning from a night out. “We were told to go around the back of the hotel where everyone was given the masks and told not to leave the area. Anyone in the hotel isn’t allowed to exit,” he told Storyful. Credit: Aly Razek via Storyful