CEBU CITY, Cebu, Philippines — It was already 4 p.m. when Tej, a government employee, arrived at a quarantine site at South Road Properties in Cebu City. He was anxious at what awaited him during his two-week stay at New Normal Oasis for Adaptation and a Home (Noah) Complex.
After filling out forms, Tej was led to his room — about 7 feet by 6 feet — with a wooden bed comfortable enough for his 5-foot 5-inch frame and a small table, but no TV set, no radio, no internet connection.
After he was given a mattress, he was told where to find a mop and a broom to clean his room. “Just return them to where you took them,” he was told.
Looking at his windowless accommodation inside what was once a movie studio, he realized that he might just have to fight loneliness and depression, and not just the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19), during his stay at Noah.
The complex sits on a 6,600-square-meter lot leased by Bigfoot Productions, a world-renowned production company, to accommodate COVID-19 patients who are asymptomatic and classified as mild cases. The city government released P50 million to put up the beds, mess hall, equipment and showers, as well as buy food for patients and volunteers.
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