You can stay in a hotel room, but you can't because of the epidemic.

Legal analysis: not illegal. Hotels under control due to the epidemic can refuse to stay. According to the relevant orders and notices to deal with the novel coronavirus epidemic, the hotel should obey the government's administrative orders and refuse guests to stay.

Legal basis: Article 42 of the Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases. When infectious diseases break out and are prevalent, the local people's governments at or above the county level shall immediately organize forces to carry out prevention and control according to the prevention and control plan and cut off the transmission route of infectious diseases. When necessary, the following emergency measures can be taken and reported to the people's government at the next higher level for announcement: (1) restricting or stopping fairs, theatrical performances or other crowd gathering activities; (2) suspension of work, business or classes; (three) closed or sealed public drinking water sources, food and related items contaminated by infectious disease pathogens; (4) controlling or culling wild animals, domestic animals and poultry infected with the epidemic; (five) closed places that may cause the spread of infectious diseases.