Health officials in the Northern Territory are calling for the return of masks to protect people living in remote communities and more resources to rollout vaccines.
He also said he'd like Aboriginal people reinstated to the "vulnerable people" list under the Chief Health Officer directions, to ensure organisations have clarity around wether they need to mandate vaccines in the workplace."If it does hit the community it's going to be a massive COVID spread.
"At the end of the day, I need the NT government to protect the vulnerable people and we are vulnerable, and it if get's into the community it will cause major disturbances," he said.78-year-old elder became the first person to die of COVID-19The community endured one of the NT's strictest lockdowns, which saw unprecedented measures taken to enforce bans on people leaving their homes to stop COVID spreading.
Forced to isolate in chronically overcrowded homes, COVID spread through the community like wildfire, and with the recent closure of the NT's isolation centre, Howard Springs, Ms Aloisi is concerned a third wave could see the same outcomes."I'd like the government to try and get something in place now before it's too late.
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