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US-based conspiracy theorists reacted to news that three people had escaped the centre in the early hours of Wednesday morning by likening the facility 30km south-east of Darwin to Auschwitz.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned the global risk from the new variant is "very high" as experts and scientists race to determine the severity of the strain.

Australia has followed in the footsteps of at least a dozen nations across the world in imposing travel bans and restrictions to African countries over the new coronavirus strain that has now been detected in Europe as well as Asia.

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New South Wales recorded 18 new locally transmitted Covid cases Monday Gladys Berejiklian said the numbers will bounce around and go up considerably Queensland recorded three new locally transmitted cases on Monday  Masks will be mandatory indoors and outdoors in QLD 11 local government areas  There are fears the outbreak could carry on growing with thousands exposed Restrictions now in place in the Northern Territory, WA, Queensland and NSW Other states have shut their borders to keep the vi...

Share A Qantas plane will bring home the first group of Australians currently stranded in India (stock image) Mr OFarrell added infected passengers and their family members would still be considered vulnerable and be given priority on future flights once they test negative. Around 10,000 Australians, permanent residents and immediate family members remain stranded in India, desperate to remain home. Around 1,000 of those stranded are identified as vulnerable.  A Qantas plane departed Darwin In...

Share on Twitter An aircraft due to bring home the first group of the 9000 Australians stranded in India will soon leave from the Northern Territory. The Qantas plane will depart Darwin International Airport in the early on Friday afternoon, with just 12 hours to go before a federal government travel ban expires. The plane will return on Saturday morning to Darwin, where those on board will be transported to the Howard Springs quarantine facility just outside the city. READ MORE NT ...

The Covid-19 infection rate among Australian citizens returning from India could be in the double digits when flights resume this weekend. About 200 repatriated Australians are expected to start two weeks quarantine at Darwins Howard Springs facility once the travel ban is lifted on May 15. They will be some of the most urgent and vulnerable cases among the 9000 Australians stranded in the coronavirus ravaged sub-continent, which has recorded more than 250,000 deaths. Northern Territory health ...

An aircraft due to bring home the first group of the 9,000 Australians stranded in coronavirus-ridden India will leave from the Northern Territory. The Qantas plane will depart Darwin International Airport in the early on Friday afternoon, with just 12 hours to go before a federal government travel ban expires. The plane will return on Saturday morning to Darwin, where those on board will be transported to the Howard Springs quarantine facility just outside the city. NT Chief Minister Michael G...

Australias tough border closure with India is working to reduce the number of positive coronavirus cases in Australia, Scott Morrison said today. Direct commercial flights from India were banned last week as the nation of 1.4 billion battles a surge in illnesses and death, with 357,229 fresh cases on Tuesday. Chartered rescue flights were suspended until May 15 after the Howard Springs quarantine facility near Darwin suffered an explosion of cases among returned travellers from India.  Speak...