More than a dozen COVID-19 infections have been detected among residents in a pocket of overcrowded homes in East Katherine, 320km south of Darwin.
People getting tested at the Eastside walk-in COVID-19 clinic in Kathrine, NT, Tuesday, 23 November, 2021.The Northern Territory has detected 17 new COVID-19 cases as a cluster linked to a pocket of overcrowded homes continues to grow.
"Of these 14 cases, eight are children under 12 ... and there is one 70-year-old female," Acting Chief Minister Nicole Manison told reporters on Monday.The other five cases are adults aged between 20 and 49. Police have since launched a fresh investigation into the border breach after an Aboriginal woman died from COVID-19 in early December.
Meanwhile, wastewater samples indicate the virus has spread to all corners of the town in recent days.
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