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In Darwin s international arrival quarantine facility, strict daily routines stop COVID-19 s spread
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Staff at the international quarantine facility are required to wear full protective gear gowns, masks and double sets of gloves.
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Cancel You go to the local supermarket and it s in the back of your mind: Am I that person? And none of us want to be that person, Abigail Trewin says.
It s the keenest fear among staff managing quarantine for thousands of Australians arriving from COVID-stricken countries at the Centre for National Resilience.
Ms Trewin, from the National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre the specialist team managing international arrivals at the facility south-east of Darwin worries one small slip-up could result in infectious staff moving through the general community.
As UK COVID variant spreads, Australia urgently needs more purpose-built quarantine stations, experts say
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Howard Springs near Darwin has been dubbed the gold standard of quarantine facilities in Australia.
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With yet another cluster of people in hotel quarantine this week testing positive for COVID-19 this time triggering a mass evacuation of Brisbane s Hotel Grand Chancellor epidemiologists are calling on the Government to urgently establish more purpose-built quarantine stations like the Northern Territory s Howard Springs, pointing to features like its well-spaced rooms, fresh air and staffing arrangements as a crucial line of defence against outbreaks.
NT coronavirus quarantine centre to host huge Christmas feast for returned Australians
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National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre team member Kaitechia Griffey has been busy wrapping presents for kids in quarantine.
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Hundreds of Australians will spend this Christmas hunkered away from their families in quarantine, either stuck inside hotel rooms or isolated between the walls of their own homes.
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Health and catering teams have been busily preparing presents and meals for them
Domestic hotspot arrivals in the same NT facility won t have access to the same fare
Former NT executive caught in international child abuse material ring
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Mark George Friend pleaded guilty in the Northern Territory Supreme Court.
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On an August morning last year just before 7:00am, detectives from the Australian Federal Police and Northern Territory Police knocked on the door of a unit in an up-market Darwin suburb.
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Mark Friend was sentenced to seven years in prison on five charges relating to child abuse material
He was caught after extensive investigations in the United States into international child abuse rings
In 2020, the Australian Federal Police received 21,000 reports of child sexual exploitation, up from 14,000 last year