Americans Quarantined in Bethlehem Hotel in Coronavirus Scare: Palestinian Official

Fifteen Americans have been quarantined in a hotel in Bethlehem as part of precautions against the coronavirus.

A man in a protective suit walks outside Angel Hotel where, according to a Palestinian government official, a group of American visitors have been quarantined as part of precautions against the coronavirus, in Beit Jala town in the Israeli-occupied West Bank March 7, 2020. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma

BETHLEHEM, West Bank—Fifteen Americans have been quarantined in a hotel in Bethlehem as part of precautions against the coronavirus, a Palestinian government spokesman said on Saturday.

The city in the occupied West Bank has been in lock down since cases of the virus were recorded there on Thursday.