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Coronavirus: Share of affordable rooms at Hong Kong’s quarantine hotels set to increase when government updates list of designated facilities
The number of rooms priced at less than HK$500 a night at government-approved quarantine hotels is set to more than double in mid-February, following a rash of complaints that the limited supply of affordable options for arrivals had effectively left hundreds of Hong Kong residents stranded overseas.Four of the designated coronavirus quarantine hotels included on the initial list of 36, issued late last month, will be replaced with four others, with the updated roster representing a total of…