Coronavirus – Brits in Spain ordered to get home ASAP as all hotels announce deadly bug closure
BRITISH tourists stranded in Spain have been ordered to get home within days after it was announced ALL hotels are to close down.
Packed hotels on the Costas will shut their doors early next week just days after Spain was put into total lockdown amid the coronavirus outbreak.
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The Foreign Office said today: “The Spanish government have confirmed that all hotels will close in Spain from Tuesday 24 March.
“We therefore advise British travellers in Spain to contact their tour operator or airline as soon as possible, to arrange their return journey home before this date.”
No further details were released about how so many tourists are expected to get back to the UK when airports are currently closed.
Thousands of Brits are currently stranded in Spain after the country entered a two-week coronavirus lockdown.
People have been ordered to stay indoors unless they need to buy food or medicine, or go to work or hospital.
Troops are currently stationed at airports following the government's decision to impose the emergency Covid-19 measures - forcing all expats and tourists to stay indoors.
Helicopters and drones have even been deployed to ensure locals and tourists confine themselves to stem the spread of coronavirus.
Those caught breaking the strict lockdown have been warned they face hefty fines and even jail.
Fines range from £90 for people who remove security cordons designed to shut down off-limits areas like beaches to more than £25,000 for those who refuse to identify themselves during police stops.
Those who commit “serious” breaches of the lockdown have been warned they could also face prison sentences as well as fines topping £500,000.
The behaviour of Brits holidaying in Spain during the national lockdown has been under the microscope in recent days.
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The Sun Online earlier told how drunks Brits were annoying cops in Benidorm after dismissing the deadly virus as "just the flu".
Angry police were filmed clearing streets - and pubs - of people as the determined partygoers ignored Spain's Covid-19 quarantine.
Then on Tuesday it was reported a Brit tourist was dragged out of a hotel swimming pool in handcuffs after flouting strict rules.
The gobby woman was hauled from the water and arrested in Tenerife to scenes of jubilant cheering from other guests.
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On Saturday JET2 and TUI cancelled hundreds of flights to Spain with planes forced to turn around mid-air in the coronavirus chaos.
At least five Jet2 flights heading to Malaga and Alicante from the UK had to perform a dramatic U-turn.
Jet2 - which is based at nine UK airports and flies to Benidorm, Malaga and Lanzarote - then cancelled all flights to mainland Spain, the Balearic Islands and the Canary Islands.
The number of coronavirus cases rocketed to 8,744 in Spain last night. There have been 288 deaths from the killer virus.