One new case of COVID-19 is recorded in the Northern Territory, while 26 close contacts of two COVID cases reported in the remote Central Australian community of Yulara yesterday are now being transferred to quarantine in Darwin.
One new case of COVID-19 has been recorded in the Northern Territory, while 26 close contacts of two COVID cases reported in the remote Central Australian community of Yulara yesterday are now being transferred to quarantine in Darwin, Health Minister Natasha Fyles says.The latest case is a child who is a known close contact from Katherine who tested positive for the virus while at the Howard Springs quarantine facility.The Northern Territory’s COVID outbreak has risen to 101 cases.
Around 380 tests were collected in the town of Tennant Creek yesterday after the remote region of 3,000 people was plunged into lockdown. The town, located just under 1,000 kilometres south of the Northern Territory’s capital, Darwin, recorded four cases yesterday after authorities began detecting coronavirus in its wastewater.“One of them is in intensive care but we wish them well and I understand they are receiving some oxygen.
“The other person is on the ward at Alice Springs hospital and then we have two others being cared for in the Tennant Creek hospital.”
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