BREAKING: A woman in her 70s has become the first person to die with COVID-19 in the Territory, the NT Government has said.
CCTV to increase at Howard Springs and monitored 24-hours a day: Police Commissioner
Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker has said there will be extra CCTV cameras added at the Howard Springs quarantine facility and the cameras now monitored 24-hours a day after the latest escapes, while claiming Wednesday’s escapees came up with the idea because he had to “put into the public domain” the existence of a fence jumper on Friday night.
More positive COVID-19 test results for Katherine wastewater
An infant from the Binjari community has tested positive for COVID-19 while in the Howard Springs quarantine camp the Chief Minister Michael Gunner has said.
Police catch three teens who escaped Howard Springs COVID-19 facility
UPDATED: Three teens who escaped the Howard Springs quarantine facility early this morning, forcing police to set up road checkpoints in the area and scrambling again to identify the absconders and their health statuses, have been caught NT Police have said.
First Omicron case detected at Howard Springs; breaches of high-risk zones a concern
A man on a repatriation flight that landed in Darwin from South Africa last week has tested positive for the Omicron COVID-19 variant, the NT Government said, heightening concerns about mingling between security zones at the Howard Springs quarantine facility.
Howard Springs COVID-19 high-risk zone routinely compromised: Sources
Quarantine detainees at Howard Springs have been jumping between the red zone – where people with COVID-19 and some of their close contacts reside – into other sections of the facility to see family and friends, sources have told the NT Independent.
COVID quarantiner who escaped Howard Springs facility caught in CBD hours later
UPDATED: NT Police say they have located a 27-year-old man who jumped a fence at the Howard Springs COVID-19 quarantine facility Friday evening and escaped in a waiting white ute on the other side.
No new cases of COVID-19 but lockdown not lifting soon, as tests delayed
The NT recorded no new cases of COVID-19 overnight but health officials said it’s still too early to lift lockdowns just yet.
One new confirmed COVID-19 case in the Katherine Robinson River outbreak
There has been one new confirmed COVID-19 case in the Katherine Robinson River outbreak in the last 24 hours the Chief Minister Michael Gunner has said, a teenager in the Binjari community.
COVID-19 infected woman catches taxi into Katherine from Binjari, 11 new confirmed cases
There have been 11 new confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Katherine Robinson River outbreak in the last 24 hours the Chief Minister Michael Gunner has said, including a woman who sneaked out of the Binjari community to a caravan park and caught a taxi and was in Katherine overnight.
Three new confirmed COVID-19 cases from Katherine Robinson River outbreak
There have been three new confirmed positive COVID-19 cases in the Katherine Robinson River outbreak in the last 24 hours the Chief Minister Michael Gunner has said.
Two new positive COVID-19 cases in Katherine as fears grow, masks still required across NT
There have been two new confirmed positive COVID-19 cases recorded in the Katherine, Chief Minister Michael Gunner has said, and despite waste water tests being negative in jurisdictions outside of Katherine, mask wearing is still required across the Territory.