TOPEKA, Kan. Kansas residents who need a place to isolate themselves after being exposed to or testing positive for COVID-19 may be able to stay for free in a hotel rented out by the state of Kansas with help from the federal government.
The goal of the program is to provide people who have no other place to stay with an option, so they don’t spread the virus. Devan Tucking-Strickler of the Kansas Division of Emergency Management in Topeka said she didn’t know how much the state has spent so far on the rooms but renting out an entire hotel costs roughly $3,000 a day at each site.
Hotel rooms being offered to people who need to isolate for COVID-19
By the Associated Press:
Kansas residents who need a place to isolate themselves after being exposed to or testing positive for COVID-19 may be able to stay for free in a hotel rented out by the state of Kansas with help from the federal government.
The goal of the program is to provide people who have no other place to stay with an option, so they don’t spread the virus.
Devan Tucking-Strickler of the Kansas Division of Emergency Management in Topeka said she didn’t know how much the state has spent so far on the rooms but renting out an entire hotel costs roughly $3,000 a day at each site.
Hotels offered to Kansas residents isolating due to virus
December 13, 2020 GMT
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas residents who need a place to isolate themselves after being exposed to or testing positive for COVID-19 may be able to stay for free in a hotel rented out by the state with help from the federal government.
The goal of the program is to provide people who have no other place to stay with an option, so they don’t spread the virus, said Devan Tucking-Strickler of the Kansas Division of Emergency Management in Topeka. The state is operating hotels in the Kansas City area as well as in Liberal, Dodge City, Salina, Emporia and Lawrence.
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Dec. 13 The person wearing a hospital mask at the hotel s front desk could be a social worker.
To get to your room, you might have to unzip a plastic curtain blocking the hallway.
You cannot have guests, and under no circumstances can you come and go as you please.
But your room is free, courtesy of the state of Kansas and the federal government.
So is the room service, three times a day. And snacks. And laundry service. And just maybe someone might bring you that special comfort food you crave when you re sick.