Even as there is lack of clarity on a number of issues related to the way the state government is fighting the Coronavirus outbreak, passengers who want to undergo self-quarantine at hotels, are finding it difficult to get rooms even though the authorities concerned had said that the same would be available at half the actual price.

Sameer Nerurkar, 44, landed in Delhi from Singapore on March 21, then travelled to Mumbai and decided to undergo self-quarantine at a nearby hotel. However, when he contacted some of the hotels the government has tie up to for self-quarantine, one of them told him it was fake news while another said the facility was shut till April 15. He reported the matter to the officials concerned, but there has been no response. He told mid-day, "A team of doctors checked me outside the airport and advised me to undergo self-quarantine. They even stamped my hand."