The Buzz | Canary Islands hotel quarantined after virus confirmed

A tourist hotel on the Canary Island hotel of Tenerife was placed in quarantine yesterday after an Italian doctor staying there tested positive for the new virus from China that has infected thousands worldwide.
The press office for the town of Adeje said that the H10 Adeje Palace hotel was in quarantine.
Spanish news media reported that some 1,000 tourists staying at the complex are not allowed to leave.
The Canary Islands, an archipelago located some 100 kilometers west of the African coast, is a popular vacation destination that attracts many northern Europeans all-year-around.
The Italian doctor who is positive for the COVID-19 disease has been quarantined in a local clinic while samples are analyzed in a hospital near Madrid to confirm the initial diagnosis.
Spanish private news agency Europa Press, citing the regional government’s health department, said the visiting tourist had arrived from one of the areas in northern Italy where a cluster of the coronavirus has infected hundreds.