The Centre for National Resilience on Darwin's outskirts has played a critical role in Australia's defence against COVID-19. But its long-term future remains unclear as the number of people isolating there plummets.
The once-crowded COVID-19 quarantine facility at Howard Springs had just three people isolating there earlier this week, the Northern Territory government has confirmed.More than 40,000 people have used the quarantine facility since the start of the pandemicAround 250 health staff are employed by the facility but can be redeployed to other areas as needed
At its peak, around 3,000 domestic travellers and repatriated Australians were isolating for two weeks at the former Inpex workers' village. "There's less than half a dozen, but I haven't got the latest figure, but it's certainly quite a small amount," Health Minister Natasha Fyles told Darwin's Mix FM on Friday morning.Ms Fyles' spokeswoman later clarified the facility's daily numbers had fluctuated between three and nine people this week.