Student Chelsie Lee landed in Singapore from the U.K. last week, prepared to spend 14 days of mandatory, coronavirus-related isolation at home.
Instead, she was whisked away to a five-star hotel on a resort island. For a fortnight, courtesy of the government, she’ll wake up to a sea view in a room that would normally cost hundreds of dollars a night.
Welcome to quarantine, Singapore-style. The government said last week it’s placing residents returning from the U.S. and the U.K.
in hotels to prevent them from potentially spreading the virus to their families, a measure that’s tighter than one that earlier allowed them to serve the period at home.