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EXCLUSIVE: Isolating hotel guests decry conditions

Breakfast, contained in a paper bag, and lunch and dinner, kept
Breakfast, contained in a paper bag, and lunch and dinner, kept in a Styrofoam container, were commonly placed on the carpeted floor outside the hotel room door of a Nunavummiuq who spent 16 days in self-isolation in Ottawa in GN-approved lodging. contributed photo

Two people who went through self-isolation at one of the GN-approved hotels in the south say the facility is poorly maintained.

One Nunavummiuq, who requested anonymity, said cleanliness was lacking and food in unsealed Styrofoam containers was routinely placed on a carpeted floor in the hallway and sometimes left there for hours. She also insists that masks and disposable gloves should be issued to guests of these facilities.

Read the full story in this week's edition of Nunavut News.