Located on Hainan Island in the South China Sea, Sanya is a popular holiday spot known for its beaches and has been described as 'China's Hawaii'. But about 80,000 tourists have been stranded there after a COVID-19 outbreak.
A British YouTuber is documenting his "holiday from hell" after his hotel was put into lockdown due to a COVID-19 outbreak in the Chinese city of Sanya.More than 7,300 cases have been reported in Sanya over the past two weeksLocated on Hainan Island in the South China Sea, Sanya is a popular holiday spot known for its beaches and has been described as the "Hawaii of China".
In videos posted to his account, Araf's Adventures, he described the scenes unfolding at the hotel as "absolute madness".His videos show a long line of officials dressed in PPE standing in a large semi-circle lining the entrance of the hotel, as well as a number of guests gathered in the lobby. In the videos, he said people were trying to get out of the hotel after 11 positive cases were detected among hotel staff.
"Everyone's rebelling, everyone's protesting to get out of the hotel … just panicking, shouting and screaming," he said.In another video from a hotel balcony, Araf pans across green palm trees, yellow sand and the blue sea.Araf went on a holiday with friends, but has been unable to enjoy the island's beauty due to a COVID outbreak.That's up from the 689 symptomatic and 282 asymptomatic cases reported between August 1 and August 7.
Beijing is pursuing a COVID-zero strategy, which has seen positive cases sent to quarantine centres and millions of people put into lockdown.
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