The NT Government will permit almost all of regional Victoria to enter the Northern Territory without quarantining from November 2, as the deputy chief health officer flagged possible wastewater testing in the Territory to ensure cases of coronavirus aren’t going undiagnosed.
The first batch of Australian repatriates from Heathrow, London have landed at the Darwin International Airport today and were transported directly to the Howard Springs quarantine facility for two weeks of mandatory quarantine.
Three more interstate travellers who broke their quarantine work exemptions – this time in Tennant Creek – will be fined, despite having already left the NT, police say.
Around 175 Australians stranded overseas, including mothers and infant babies, will be arriving in the Northern Territory on Friday for quarantine, NT’s Disaster Preparation and Response director has confirmed.
A man from regional Victoria has been fined $5,000 for leaving his private quarantine in Darwin, while an 18-year-old man has been fined the same amount for refusing to wear a mask in Howard Springs quarantine.
Howard Springs COVID-19 quarantine facility will process 5,000 Australians returning to this country under a deal between the federal and Territory governments, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said.
A deal to use the NT’s Howard Springs quarantine facility to bring stranded Australians home will be announced tomorrow, NT Senator Dr Sam McMahon has said, with eight flights reported to be announced.
One of the Top End’s biggest mango farmers has lashed out over the Gunner Government’s refusal to follow Queensland and allow on-farm quarantining for overseas mango pickers, which the NT Government continues to claim is a safety issue.
CLP Opposition leader Lia Finocchiaro says Health Minister Natasha Fyles needs to say what improvements have been made to make sure there’s no repeat of the party at Howard Springs COVID-19 quarantine facility that led the Australian Medical Association NT to call for an urgent review of the system.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said the Northern Territory’s Howard Springs COVID-19 quarantine facility may be needed to help get Australians stuck overseas home.
The Opposition CLP leader has called on the Gunner Government to make the true per person cost to taxpayers for COVID-19 quarantine public, and explain why they have decided to keep the cost at $2,500 for adults not the estimated cost of $3,300.
A video taken from within the NT’s Howard Springs COVID-19 quarantine facility that shows revellers dancing closely, with some ignoring advice to wear masks, has been labelled as “dangerous behavior” by the president of the Australian Medical Association NT.
