13m ago 18:12
Mattha Busby
About 1,000 holidaymakers at the H10 Costa Adeje Palace hotel in south Tenerife have been ordered to remain in their rooms and will be tested for the coronavirus this evening, according to a guest.
Police officers have been pictured surrounding the building and guests were not been served lunch, while hotel employees who arrived for work today were made to wait outside and were never let inside, after health authorities in the Canary Islands ordered the hotel to be locked down after an Italian doctor tested positive for the virus on Monday.
Police vans parked outside the Costa Adeje Palace hotel in Tenerife. Photograph: Handout
Rosie Mitford, an 18-year-old nursing student on holiday with her father and brother, said she was “a bit fed up”
This morning, there was a breakfast buffet at 8am with fruit and yoghurt, and guests were told lunch would be brought to their rooms, but by 5.30pm at least some people were still waiting. This was most likely down to staff shortages, according to Mitford.
Staff have not been allowed in for the whole day. They have been sat on the streets getting pretty angry as they had been in the sun for about six hours.
Staff inside wearing big proper masks, that we haven’t been given. They’ve been very helpful, they’re just trying to deal with it.
A medical tent erected outside the hotel, with a man who appears to be a doctor wearing a protective suit. Photograph: Handout
The nursing student said she is passing the time doing university work, but has been taking photos and watching events ensue outside the hotel.
Police are everywhere. There’s chains and padlocks on the gates outside, along with police vans.
She was meant to go home on Sunday but because of a sandstorm her flight got cancelled, while her flight yesterday also suffered the same fate as the crew had worked too long. On both occasions she spent about six hours in the airport.
The scene near the entrance to the hotel. Photograph: Handout
Then, today, she woke up ready to go to her airport and found a note left under her door saying not to leave. However, she is remaining calm and not allowing herself to become frustrated following a series of unfortunate events.
Its not really a panicking vibe. Everyone is just milling about staying in their rooms. But they are not telling us much, everything we have found out has been from looking online.
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Hope this resolves quickly and does not turn into the "Hotel Corona".
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