Four new cases of COVID-19 were detected in Australia’s Northern Territory over the weekend, three of whom caught the virus while in quarantine at the Howard Springs facility on the outskirts of Darwin. Chief Minister Michael Gunner said via a Facebook post on Sunday that all three cases, a man in his forties from Katherine, a woman in her twenties from Robinson River, and a boy under 10 also from Robinson River, are household contacts who have been in the Howard Springs facility and “were not infectious while they were in the community.” Gunner said that these people tested positive late in their replication cycle, as a result of which it is likely they were exposed to the virus while in quarantine due to family mingling early on. Therefore, mingling rules have been tightened for these families while still maintaining the appropriate level of support. However, this means that for …
Three Territorians Contract COVID-19 in Howard Springs Quarantine Facility
November 28, 2021
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