New Covid-19 case from regional Victoria under NT Health supervision

A woman who arrived on a flight from Melbourne is the latest person to test positive to Covid-19 in the Northern Territory.

AN 18-year-old woman from Geelong, who arrived on a flight from Melbourne and went directly from the airport to the Howard Springs quarantine facility, returned a positive Covid-19 test on Monday.

There were eight other passengers on the flight who have been identified as close contacts.

Seven of these people went directly into quarantine at the Howard Springs facility upon arrival and will complete 14 days of quarantine. All are in mandatory quarantine.

The NT government said there is very low risk to the Northern Territory community as the remaining passenger did not travel from a declared hotspot and is not displaying symptoms.

Originally published as New Covid-19 case from regional Victoria under NT Health supervision