Full list: The only reasons why you can leave home during a lockdown or lockout

Who gets to leave home in a lockout? And if you’re locked down, what are the reasons you are permitted to leave your house?

GREATER Darwin and Katherine have new restrictions from midnight tonight after the Territory’s first case of community transmission was recorded.

Katherine is going into lockdown for 72 hours while Greater Darwin will go into a lockout.

But what does that mean?

Residents in Katherine will only be permitted to leave home for one of the following reasons:

Medical treatment including coronavirus testing and vaccinations

To get essential goods and services

For essential work

For one hour of exercise within a 5km radius

To provide care to people unable to support themselves.

For those in the Darwin lockout, if you’re vaccinated, life almost goes on as normal.

You must not leave the lockout area and you must wear a mask unless you are a traveller returning to your home state.

Fully vaccinated workers can also leave a lockdown area to perform essential tasks.

However, if you have only had one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine or are unvaccinated, you are under the same lockdown rules as those in Katherine.

In addition, Chief Minister Michael Gunner says anyone in lockdown areas must wear a mask if leaving their place of residence for one of the aforementioned reasons.

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