TWO more resorts have been converted into quarantine quarters for those affiliated to H1N1.

The HomeTeam NS and People's Association chalets in Pasir Ris will play this role in addition to those at the Aloha Loyang resort, which has been used for quarantine purposes since early May, said a spokesman from the National Development Ministry on Tuesday.

'With the increase in the number of cases, the Government has decided to convert two more chalet resorts into quarantine facilities,' he said.

The move ups the number of rooms set aside for those quarantined to over 200, from about 130 at Aloha Loyang.

Like the Loyang chalets, the other two resorts in Pasir Ris Park are also intended for people, such as tourists, who cannot serve out their quarantine periods at home. Residents whose homes are deemed unsuitable for quarantine will also be taken there.

Some of the newest occupants at the HomeTeam NS chalets are Hong Kong athletes and team members who are here for the Asian Youth Games.

They include 11 soccer players, three coaches, a physiotherapist and a team official who have been quarantined since Monday.

They had been taken by bus to the Aloha Loyang Resort that day, but were not allowed inside and had to wait outside the gates for more than an hour.

Security guards refused to let them in, saying they did not have the necessary paperwork. The bus eventually took the group to the new quarantine centre.

Read the full report in Wednesday's edition of The Straits Times.