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AUSMAT member on deployment tests positive to Covid-19 in NT

An AUSMAT member on deployment has tested positive for Covid-19 in Darwin after returning to Australia.

A Covid-19 case has been recorded in the NT in the past 24 hours. Picture: Che Chorley
A Covid-19 case has been recorded in the NT in the past 24 hours. Picture: Che Chorley

A COVID-19 case has been recorded in the NT in the past 24 hours.

An AUSMAT member on deployment in East Timor returned from Dili on Wednesday June 16 and tested positive for Covid-19.

The person is under the care of NT Health at the NT Centre for National Resilience.

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The total number of cases diagnosed in the Northern Territory is 177.

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

There are currently two active cases in the Northern Territory.

judith.aisthorpe@news.com.au

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