Breaking: The Northern Territory has recorded 17 new cases of COVID-19, taking the total number of cases in the so-called Katherine cluster to 87.
The Northern Territory has recorded 17 new cases of COVID-19, taking the total number of cases in the so-called Katherine cluster to 87.
Another two cases were already in quarantine, and one was a person who returned to the Top End on a repatriation flight from Singapore. Ms Manison said there was one additional potential positive case in a resident from the remote community of Binjari, who “did the right thing and got tested yesterday” after visiting Katherine. They were now in isolation and would be tested again.
There were 1758 COVID-19 tests conducted in the Top End yesterday and 193 close contacts had been identified from the confirmed cases. That number was likely to “sharply rise in the next few days”, Ms Manison said.The Northern Territory’s Acting Chief Minister Nicole Manison, Chief Health Officer Dr Hugh Heggie and Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker will provide a COVID-19 update at about 2.30pm AEDT. You can watch it live here.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has praised the state’s health workers as the sunshine state reopened to quarantine-free travel from the interstate hotspots of NSW, Victoria and the ACT at 1am today.“Today we have seen our families reunited. That was always part of our plan when we released our road map to reunite families,” Ms Palaszczuk said.Dan Peled/Getty Images
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