ACT to go into seven-day lockdown as one new case of COVID-19 recorded

The Australian Capital Territory will go into lockdown from 5:00pm today after the territory records its first case of COVID-19 in 105 days.

The ACT will go into lockdown for seven days from 5:00pm today, after the territory recorded a positive case of COVID-19.

The statement said the source of the infection was not known, and that the new case represented the "most serious public health risk" the ACT had faced for 12 months.

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