Arrivals to the Northern Territory from coronavirus hotspots will be made to foot the bill for mandatory supervised quarantine as the Chief Minister says borders will reopen as planned.
Interstate arrivals to the Northern Territory from coronavirus hotspots will be forced to enter mandatory supervised quarantine for two weeks when the Territory's borders reopen on July 17, Chief Minister Michael Gunner says.Any arrivals in the Territory from designated hotspots will be forced into quarantine at their own expenseThe NT Government's previous declaration had been that hotspot arrivals would have to self-isolate for 14 days upon entering the Northern Territory.
Mr Gunner said the Northern Territory was preparing to implement the "toughest quarantine system we have had since this crisis began" for travellers entering the NT from coronavirus hotspots.Mr Gunner said the stricter rules meant most new arrivals in Darwin would undertake their 14-day quarantine at the Howard Springs quarantine
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