The tight-knit Binjari community, near Katherine, mourns the death of a 78-year-old Aboriginal woman who succumbed to health complications related to COVID last night.
The tight-knit Binjari community, near Katherine, is mourning the death of a 78-year-old woman who has died from complications related to COVID-19.A Binjari woman who died in hospital last night is the NT's first death related to COVID-19NT Police will investigate a Cairns woman who they blame for Katherine's coronavirus outbreakafter contracting the virus two weeks ago as cases spread in the Katherine region.
NT Labor senator Malarndirri McCarthy, whose own family members were also affected by the outbreak which currently stands at 60 cases, said the woman's death was "the most dreadful news"."Let me just say, I'm so sorry and we are with you." Health staff at Royal Darwin Hospital did "everything they could" to save the Binjari woman, Mr Gunner said.She said authorities must help families in Binjari conduct sorry business in an appropriate and safe way.
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