Only 8 hotels in Delhi for paid stay to home quarantine eligible
India TV NewsDays after announcing 10 hotels, including two premium hotels, in the city, will offer paid stay to those eligible for home quarantine, the Delhi government on Sunday clarified only eight hotels will be offering the facility. "In pursuance of 'guidelines for home isolation of very mild or pre-symptomatic Covid-19 cases' where Covid-19 positive persons with mild/pre-symptoms are allowed to quarantined at their Home, it is decided that all such Covid-19 positive cases who are eligible for Home quarantine are allowed to quarantine themselves at designated hotels on payment basis, if they chose to do so," Singla said in the order. The Delhi government on Friday had named 10 hotels in the city, including the Sheraton Hotel, and Surya Hotel, to offer paid stay to those eligible for home quarantine. However, in another order issued on May 29, Singla said to ensure sufficient beds to deal with the increasing coronavirus cases, the government directed for converting five luxury hotels in the city as extended COVID hospitals, attached with five hospitals.