If you have recently returned from travelling overseas or may have contact with a person infected with COVID-19, you must follow self-isolation guidelines.
If you can you should ask your family or businesses to deliver foods and essential to you and leave at your front door.
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Most of Australians who have returned from overseas holiday will be assigned to hotels or places that Australian federal or state authorities have allocated and expenses related to this self-quarantine are paid by Australian authorities. But those in Northern Territory have to pay out of their pocket of $2,500 per person or $5,000 for family during 2 weeks quarantine.
A bus waits to pick up guests who were in quarantine departing the Swissotel in Sydney. Source: AAP Image/Joel Carrett
Some of Australian returned from travelling overseas also complaint that self-quarantine is like being confined in prison. Dougal Hollis Victorian's Tourism Accommodation Australia president says that as many as 70,000 could lost their jobs and will only allocate certain number of staff to help those quarantined in their hotels as see appropriate.
You are self-quarantined, not holidaying, says Dougal Hollis.
During this time you will have to be prepared. Getting some good book, puzzle or crossword or zigsaw or many other activities to do to keep you or your family kill time or keep entertain.
A man reacts as he leaves the Crown Promenade Hotel after spending two weeks in forced quarantine in Melbourne, Sunday, April 12, 2020. Source: AAP Image/Scott Barbour
During COVID-19 pandemic, there are many people have already turned to many different social media platforms like Facetime, Zoom, Skype or many other tools to stay connected and stay occupied, entertained or do many activities that will enable many of us to live our daily life during this lockdown.
Dr Lisa Sedger who manage the Viruses and Cytokines Biology department at University of Technology Syney says that people should not worry that fresh food will contaminate with COVID-19 unless an infected person cough or sneeze to these food why preparing. She also recommends that kitchen utensils or door handles or kitchen areas are regularly cleaned.
She says the significantly reduced rate of COVID-19 infections in Australia shows the curve has flattened and should give us confidence that the situation is changing for the better.
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