Italian tourist in locked down Tenerife hotel tests positive

Record ID: 1461046

  • Title: Italian tourist in locked down Tenerife hotel tests positive
  • Date: 29th February 2020
  • Summary: SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, SPAIN (FEBRUARY 29, 2020) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF H10 COSTA ADEJE PALACE MEDICAL STAFF WEARING SPECIAL PROTECTIVE SUITS WITH MASK AND GOWN AND ENTERING THE HOTEL GUEST WEARING FACE MASK WATCHING FROM HOTEL WINDOW MEDICAL STAFF WITH SPECIAL PROTECTIVE SUITS ENTERING HOTEL, WORKER WITH FACE MASK CLOSING THE DOOR NURSES WALKING OUTSIDE THE HOTEL WORKERS
  • Embargoed: 14th March 2020 16:06
  • Keywords: Italian Spain Tenerife coronavirus health hotel hotel locked down
  • Location: SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, SPAIN
  • City: SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, SPAIN
  • Country: Spain
  • Topics: Health/Medicine
  • Reuters ID: LVA001C2O1EMF
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: An Italian national staying at a hotel in Tenerife which has been placed on lockdown after four cases of the coronavirus were detected has tested positive for the virus, regional health authorities confirmed on Saturday (February 29).
    The Italian national, part of the same group as the four original cases at the H10 Costa Adeje Palace Hotel, has been in isolation in a hotel room since Feb. 24 and will be taken to hospital, the Canary Islands' regional health authorities said, adding the Italian was "in good state of health."
    It brings the total number of active cases in the Canary Islands to six - five in Tenerife and one in La Gomera.
    On Saturday, the fourth day of the hotel's lockdown, some of the 130 guests who had been cleared to leave on Friday were seen exiting its grounds with suitcases.
    More than 700 tourists remain inside waiting out a 14-day isolation period imposed on Wednesday (February 26).
    Spain's total number of active coronavirus cases rose to 49 on Saturday. The bulk of those are linked to Italy, which has Europe's worst outbreak, with some 900 cases and 21 deaths.
    (Production: Guillermo Martinez, Elena Rodriguez)
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