Guests must pay, too, costing a single person 3,000 Australian dollars (€1,900) and a family of four 5,000 Australian dollars. Once there, they are escorted by security to their rooms, and they must stay in them – bar just three fresh-air breaks during their entire stay in the quarantine hotel. All staff in the hotel where she works are tested daily, says Curtis: “There’s a huge emphasis on sanitation. However, the Australian government has been careful not to overwhelm the system by capping the number who can arrive into Australia. That has come at a cost, since the rules apply not to just to foreigners, but to returning Australians, too.

Source: The Irish Times January 29, 2021 17:02 UTC