GURUGRAM: In order to isolate the people coming from abroad, the Gurugram administration has approved paid quarantine facilities in the hotels, which will reserve specific number of rooms.
These hotels are Hotel Fern Residency, Sector-29 (20 rooms), Hotel Radisson, Bhondsi (45 rooms), Hotel Lemon Tree, Sector-29 (25 rooms), Hotel Park Plaza (20 rooms), Hotel Clarance (25 rooms), Hotel Crown Plaza (50 rooms), Hotel Park Inn (95 rooms) and Hotel Red Fox (100 rooms).The rates assigned is Rs 3600 for single bed occupancy.
The facilities will include three meals—breakfast, lunch, dinner per day, two bottles mineral water per day, material for preparation of tea and coffee. Facilities for Wi-Fi and television will also be provided.
There are more than 300 people from Gurugram who have visited China, Italy, Iran, Republic of Korea, France, Spain and Germany from February 15 to March 1. All these residents have been directed to distance themselves from socialising with others.
Steps have been taken by the district management regarding several complaints of government facilities of isolation centres and quarantine facilities not being up to the mark in terms of cleanliness and other facilities. Moreover, increase in COVID-19 cases in Gurugram has adversely impacted the business of hotels.
"Isolation is the only solution that we have right now to prevent the spread of the deadly virus. We have now approved a set of hotels that will provide paid quarantine facilities especially to those people who have returned from abroad. I want to request these people that even if you do not have the symptoms there are high chances that you can be a potential carrier. Try to minimise human contact for at least 10 days," said Amit Khatri, the Gurugram Deputy Commissioner.
To deal with the spread of COVID-19, the quantity of quarantine and isolation centres in the city have been ramped up. There are over 1,000 beds for those who have been kept under the observation.
In addition to this, the testing centres in private labs and hospitals have also been given the permission.