Tested positive? The government might just pay for your hotel.

Today on Please Explain federal health reporter Dana McCauley and national editor Tory Maguire take you to the 'Medi-hotels' that patients with COVID-19 could be quarantined in instead of at home in a bid to prevent family members and housemates from being infected. 

By doing so, Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt thinks it might promote compliance with isolation requirements.

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