The Chief Health Officer has declared the Australian Capital Territory as a hotspot for the purposes of travel to the Northern Territory. This follows the identification of a case, with no known source, and a number of unexpected positive waste water results across the ACT.
Anyone travelling from a declared hotspot is not permitted to enter the Northern Territory without an approved exemption.
Those with an approved exemption to travel, who have been to the Australian Capital Territory since 5 August 2021, and arrive in the Northern Territory after 4.30pm on 12 August 2021, will be required to undertake 14 days of mandatory supervised quarantine at the Alice Springs or Howard Springs quarantine facilities.
The person must remain in quarantine until noon of the 14th day after they were at the hotspot location.
Anyone already in the Northern Territory who has been in the Australian Capital Territory since 5 August 2021 must immediately isolate, get tested for COVID-19 and remain in self-isolation until a negative test is returned.
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