The Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports on Wednesday that 23 Dutch people are in quarantine at the H10 Costa Adeje Palace hotel on the Spanish island of Tenerife. earlier it was thought that there were thirteen Dutch people.
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According to the ministry there are no indications that the Dutch are infected with the COVID-19 virus. There is a Dutch honorary consul on the island who offers help and information to countrymen in the hotel where possible.
The Dutch embassy in Madrid is also in contact with the Spanish authorities, which monitor the situation on the island.
All guests at the hotel must stay in their hotel rooms for fourteen days in quarantine. The hotel will be closed until at least March 15.
Four Italians from the Lombardy region tested positive for the corona virus at the hotel. The other Italians from their travel group tested negative for the virus, according to the Spanish authorities.
Tens of thousands of people are expected to come and celebrate carnival in the Canary Islands in the coming days. Travel organizations have contacted Dutch tourists who have left the hotel in recent days.
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