Garma Festival has been cancelled for the second year in a row over safety concerns of a potential COVID-19 outbreak at the event's remote Gulkula site- via NITV
Garma Festival has been cancelled for the second year in a row after concerns of a potential COVID-19 outbreak at the event's remote Gulkula site prompted the NT's chief health officer to determine it posed too great a health risk.
"Keeping the region COVID-free has always been the Yothu Yindi Foundation's number one priority," it said in a written statement on Monday morning.’s decision, which also highlights the logistical and infrastructure challenges that exist in relation to any COVID outbreak in the remote Aboriginal world."
"Unfortunately, the NT’s Chief Health Officer has determined that Gulkula’s remote location poses too many logistical and safety challenges in the unlikely event of a COVID incident, such as the difficulty of evacuating people from the site, and the unsuitability of quarantine facilities in north-east Arnhem Land," said the YYF.
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