Date Time NT COVID-19 update: Hotspots maintained, testing required from Wollongong diners The Chief Health Officer (CHO) yesterday declared COVID-19 hotspots over the Greater Sydney Metropolitan area and the close watch on the rising number of cases in Victoria is being maintained. If you are intending to travel to the Northern Territory from a COVID-19 hotspot you are advised to rethink your plans. If you are a Territorian intending to travel to a hotspot you are advised to rethink your plans. Anyone travelling to the Northern Territory who has been in a currently declared hotspot must undertake 14 days of mandatory, supervised quarantine at the Alice Springs or Howard Springs quarantine facilities at a cost of $2,500 per person.