The Gunner Government has ordered 10 refrigerated shipping containers it intends to use as COVID-19 morgues to be rolled out in Darwin, Alice Springs and Nhulunbuy, the NT Independent can reveal.
Three men who breached COVID checkpoint at Tennant Creek fined
Three men who dodged a COVID-19 border checkpoint at Tennant Creek and proceeded to drive to Alice Springs have been slapped with a $5,056 penalty each, NT Police said.
Two more escape from Howard Springs quarantine, caught after several hours: NT Police
Another two people have escaped from Howard Springs quarantine, NT Police have said, but no details were given about how they managed to abscond after Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker earlier this month said security would be upgraded.
Tennant Creek into lockdown after four confirmed COVID-19 cases: Acting Chief Minister
There have been four confirmed COVID-19 cases in Tennant Creek, with the town put into immediate lockdown, Acting Chief Minister Nicole Manison has said.
New COVID-19 testing facility to open in Darwin
The NT Government is preparing to open a new COVID-19 testing facility in East Arm, the industrial area on the outskirts of Darwin, sources have told the NT Independent.
Manison labels COVID-19 border rules backflip ‘modest’ changes, Opposition calls it desperation
The Northern Territory Government has bowed to immense anger, pressure and criticism, changing the COVID-19 rules that apply from Monday, meaning people arriving from interstate will no longer be forced to remain in Darwin, Katherine or Alice Springs for 14 days, and instead, a list of 66 banned remote communities has been created.
Positive COVID-19 wastewater test results in Alice Springs, Barunga and Beswick
Deputy chief health officer Dr Charles Pain has said authorities cannot exclude someone in Alice Springs having COVID-19, after positive virus test results in wastewater in two Alice Springs catchments, as well as in Barunga and Beswick south of Katherine.
Government changes COVID-19 Katherine East rules, does not explain ‘incorrect’ CHO direction
Health Minister Natasha Fyles failed to disclose to a press conference how an incorrect chief health officer direction came to be published and why it was deleted without explanation, acknowledging its existence only when asked directly by a journalist.
CHO direction forcing COVID-19 tests in Katherine later deleted from government website after roadblocks in town
A chief health officer direction forcing people in a Katherine East “risk zone” to get COVID-19 tests, and not allowing them past NT Police roadblocks if they refused, was deleted from the NT Government’s coronavirus website late last night with no explanation, hours after the government began enforcing it.
Alice Springs quarantine escapee still on the loose, no explanation given
Police have still not caught a man who allegedly ran from the Alice Springs quarantine facility on Friday, Health Minister Natasha Fyles has said.
Three-year-old Katherine girl tests positive for COVID-19, lives in a house with seven people
A three-year-old Katherine girl who shares a house with seven other people has tested positive for COVID-19 Health Minister Natasha Fyles has said, which will extend the town’s lockout by a day.
Police Commissioner cryptically hints at charges over spread of COVID-19 in the NT
NT Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker has seemingly said the Major Crime Unit will be investigating possible charges against a 21-year-old woman who allegedly brought COVID-19 to the Territory last month, which has now resulted in the death of a woman, but his statement was unclear and he told reporters at a press conference he did not want “things” going into the public domain.