Originally Posted by
moondog
Whether you test positive or negative on arrival, you are still accounted for in the Q hotel numbers...but, might end up going to a hospital in the case of positive. There is no increased demand for Q hotels.
The reason is simple, they need the Q hotels to quarantine local close contacts. This is exactly the same reason why Australia drastically cut down the number of arrivals every time there was a local outbreak during its Zero-Covid period.
It isn't an issue of hotel rooms, it's the limited number of qualified staff to run the Q hotels. The issue at Huating was partly down to the use of temp staff.