After hotspots were announced in Victoria and NSW during the last school holiday break, more than 50 Territory teachers were forced into quarantine. There are now fears of a Christmas 'exodus'.
designated hotspots in the NTMr Ryan said the largest number of NT teacher recruits hailed from Victoria, and many of them had been separated from family members since pandemic lockdowns began.He said even if teachers decided to heed the Government's advice now, they were likely to head home over Christmas.
"We've said to the department you need to plan for this eventuality, that we will have a large number of teachers and other public servants that will go interstate during that Christmas break." The non-government school teacher said it would be the first time he had left the NT since January, and the chance of a coronavirus outbreak leaving him trapped was a risk worth taking."But I trust that the public health system that we have in place will allow us to, you know, having learnt from the mistakes in Victoria, I trust that we'll be able to keep it contained."
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