‘It’s quarantine, not a luxury holiday’: Lara Bingle faces a backlash for complaining about her 63-year-old mother’s ‘unacceptable’ hotel after flying into Sydney – as she suffers ‘heavy’ symptoms of coronavirus
Lara Worthington (nee Bingle) has complained about where her mother Sharon Bingle, 63, has been quarantined in Sydney after returning home to Australia.
It appears even Sharon’s famous connections couldn’t get her a spot at one of the five-star hotels on offer for inbound travellers amid the coronavirus isolation periods.
‘Don’t think this looks like a 5 star accommodation to me… This is unacceptable,’ Lara, 32, Tweeted after being sent photos of the hotel by her mother.
‘It’s quarantine, not a luxury holiday’: Lara Worthington (left) faces a backlash for complaining about her 63-year-old mother Sharron’s (right) ‘unacceptable’ hotel after flying into Sydney – as she suffers ‘heavy’ symptoms of coronavirus
Other Australian travellers cooped up in five-star hotels for 14 days of isolation after returning from overseas have also complained they are living in ‘quarantine hell’ with no fresh air and terrible food.
Thousands of people flying into Australia have been shuttled to makeshift quarantine facilities as the government turns to law-and-order to fight coronavirus.
With two-thirds of the country’s Covid-19 cases from or closely linked to overseas travellers, vacant luxury hotels are being used to ensure new arrivals are not able to spread the disease.
In Sydney, travellers are being sent to numerous hotels, including the InterContinental, Swissotel and the Novotel on Darling Harbour. The three hotels mentioned are upmarket with starting prices of over $200 a night for standard rooms.
In Melbourne people are being accommodated in the Crown Promenade, where guests typically pay a minimum price of $233 per night.
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