Baby tests positive for COVID-19 in quarantine at Howard Springs facility

A BABY has tested positive for COVID-19 in quarantine at the Howard Springs facility after arriving in Darwin on one of the Federal Government’s repatriation flights

Qantas flight QF112, carrying stranded Aussies from India, lands in Darwin last week. Picture: Che Chorley

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A BABY in quarantine at Howard Springs has tested positive for COVID-19.

The child, which is under the age of one, is the third person in its family to test positive to the virus.

The baby’s mum and sibling tested positive last week.

They were on board a repatriated flight from India last Tuesday, October 27.

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The child had tested negative for the virus on arrival at Howard Springs however later tested positive during the 14-day quarantine period required on return from overseas.

A government spokesman said all members of the family continued to be well and asymptomatic and remained under the care of the AUSMAT at the Centre for National Resilience.

The latest case brings the total number of cases diagnosed in the Northern Territory to 40.

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All cases have been related to international or interstate travel, with no cases of community transmission.

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