A church, Coles supermarket, JB Hi-Fi and two pubs have been named as close contact coronavirus exposure sites as the ACT is plunged into a one-week lockdown.
cases of covid 19, all delta variant, and all linked to a 17 year old student who tested positive on thursday, and that is why the queensland state government has said that 11 areas in brisbane are going to go under strict lockdown until tuesday, so nobody is allowed to leave the house except for the essential reasons, and to go for the essential reasons, and to go for a covid test or a covid vaccination. people are not allowed to travel further than ten kilometres from their homes, and students and teachers in high school will have to wear facemasks. this has been described as the strictest lockdown for brisbane. we did hear from the deputy premier, who said that we had been here before, but this time it is different, citing the transmissibility of the delta variant. what is worrying medical officials is the high number of the exposure sites that are likely to
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.
Department of the Chief Minister and Cabinet
A number of new COVID-19 public exposure sites have been identified across the Palmerston area, following two new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in the NT.
The two new cases are household contacts of the mine worker in Palmerston. The family members have been in quarantine at Howard Springs since Saturday and remain in quarantine under the care of NT Health.
The new COVID-19 public exposure sites include one close contact site at a Palmerston Zumba ‘pop up’ class at the recreation centre, a number of casual contact sites including at the Palmerston flea market and several retail stores at the Gateway Shopping Centre.