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Paramedics wearing Haz Mat suits have been spotted at a Yorkshire hotel as fears surrounding the deadly Coronavirous continue to spread.

A man from China who was staying at the StayCity hotel in York was reportedly attended to by paramedics wearing quarantine suits before he was rushed to a nearby hospital.

The hotel, near the city's Barbican theatre, has since been partly cordoned off with an "environmental clean and disinfection" due to happen.

Paramedics accompanied the man, along with his two travelling partners, from the building at around 11.30pm on Wednesday.

It is yet to be confirmed whether or not the case is Coronavirus, which has claimed the lives on 170 people.

The York case was reported to MinsterFM on Thursday morning.

In a statement, a spokesman for the hotel chain said: "Staycity Group have confirmed that a Chinese national staying at the group’s property in York was taken ill yesterday and is understood to be undergoing tests at a local hospital.

"Paramedics accompanied the man, along with his two travelling companions, out of the property at around 11.30pm last night.

"StayCity is unable to confirm which hospital the three people were taken to or what the outcome of the tests are at this point.

"Until more is known the apartment containing the group’s belongings will be cordoned off, along with surrounding rooms, after which the area will undergo a thorough environmental clean and disinfection, as is company policy."