NT Chief Health Officer orders Territorians who have visited NSW COVID-19 case locations to go into quarantine, get tested
The NT Chief Health Officer has directed any Territorians who have visited a NSW COVID-19 case location since Friday to get tested and complete 14 days of quarantine at a suitable location, effective immediately.
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THE NT Chief Health Officer has issued a direction for any Territorians who have visited a NSW COVID-19 case location since Friday to get tested and undertake 14 days of quarantine at a suitable location, effective immediately.
It comes after a man in his 50s tested positive to COVID-19 in NSW today, after developing symptoms and seeking a test yesterday.
NT Chief Health Officer Dr Charles Pain has ordered that anyone currently in the NT who has visited a NSW COVID-19 case location since Friday, April 30 must get tested and undertake 14 days of quarantine in their home or at another a suitable location.
He has also ordered that anyone arriving in the NT from 12.01am tomorrow who has been to a NSW COVID-19 case location must undertake 14 days mandatory supervised quarantine at either the Howard Springs or Alice Springs quarantine facilities.
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“Following on from clinical advice received by New South Wales Health Authorities about a new community case of COVID-19 with unknown origins, I am directing those people who have visited identified case locations to undertake 14 days of quarantine immediately,” Dr Pain said.
“We need to take swift action while New South Wales undertakes urgent investigations into the source of the COVID-19 infection as well as contact tracing and community testing.
“Implementing quarantine measures in the Northern Territory will enable us to apply additional protections for our community while we wait for New South Wales to examine the genomic sequencing and better understand this unidentified community COVID-19 case.
“Applying these directions does cause disruption, but they are designed to keep Territorians safe, in the most proportionate way possible.”
For a full list of NSW COVID-19 case locations, go to nsw.gov.au/covid-19/latest-news-and-updates
To arrange a test, contact the COVID-19 Hotline on 1800 490 484 or book online at covid19appointment.nt.gov.au/test.
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