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Department of the Chief Minister and Cabinet
There has been one new case of COVID-19 recorded in the Northern Territory in the past 24 hours.
The person is one of the workers from the Tanami mine site and is a close contact of the initial case. The man arrived in Darwin on 25 June 2021 and was transferred to Howard Springs Quarantine Facility on 26 June 2021 as a high risk case. The man’s first test was negative. As such, there are no public exposure sites associated as the man is not thought to be infectious when he arrived in Darwin.
Lockdown measures remain in place for Greater Darwin until 1pm Friday and for Alice Springs until 1pm on Saturday.
Leanyer/Sanderson Sewage Treatment Plant #2 – inlet from Northern Suburbs
Rocklands Drive Tiwi, isolated to RDH campus
Palmerston Sewage Treatment Plant inlet
Bridle/Catalina Road intersection
Quotes attributable to Acting Chief Health Officer, Dr Charles Pain:
“We have seen success in the use of COVID-19 wastewater testing in other Australian jurisdictions as an early detection tool and to support a targeted approach to increase COVID-19 testing in certain geographical areas.
“It is reassuring to see the detection of COVID-19 in our wastewater from the Howard Springs Quarantine Facility, as this indicates that our system is accurately detecting fragments where we expect them.