NT chief health officer introduces Day 17 Covid test requirement for interstate arrivals recently out of quarantine
Any interstate arrivals to the NT who have recently left quarantine in their home states or territories will be required to get a Covid-19 test on Day 17 after their quarantine period started, under a series of new health directions in the Territory.
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ANY interstate arrivals to the NT who have recently left quarantine in their home states or territories will be required to get a Covid-19 test on day 17 after their quarantine period started, under a series of new health directions in the Territory.
A statement issued by the NT government this morning said several new Covid-19 measures had come into effect as of 12.01am today on the direction of acting chief health officer Dr Charles Pain.
Dr has also declared interstate arrivals to the NT must declare on their border entry forms if they have been in quarantine in another jurisdiction in the 28 days before they entered the Territory, and must get a Covid-19 test if asked in the 28 days after they arrive.
If they refuse to get a Covid-19 test in that time frame, they will be required to quarantine for 10 days, or, if they are already in quarantine in the Territory, will have their stay extended for another 10 days.
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Dr Pain said he had introduced the new directions “to further protect the health and safety of all Territorians”.
“We continue to see breaches of quarantine occur interstate, and the impacts subsequent Covid-19 outbreaks have on the community; mentally, socially, physically and economically,” he said.
“To date, we have had no community transmission of Covid-19 in the NT and we want to keep it that way.
“Now more than ever, as we experience an increase in domestic travel and an increase in the return of Australians from overseas, it is critical that we take these extra measures.”
The new measures come after Victoria’s Covid-19 cluster grew to 69 cases today after the state recorded five new infections.
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