Northern Territory shuts all remote road COVID-19 border control points
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Anyone who has been to a COVID-19 hotspot will be sent straight into mandatory quarantine.
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The Northern Territory Government has announced the immediate removal of all remote road border control points, although it says checkpoints will be rolled out again if the need arises.
Key points:
Checkpoints will remain in place at airports
Travellers will need to declare if they have been to a hotspot
Since the early stages of the pandemic, NT Police and Defence personnel have been stationed at remote checkpoints to help prevent the spread of coronavirus into the NT.
NT Government begins winding back coronavirus road border patrols
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DecDecember 2020 at 7:37am
Chief Minister Michael Gunner says police presence at road borders can be swiftly scaled back up.
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Northern Territory Police have begun demobilising eight coronavirus road border patrols, with the Chief Minister revealing officers presence at remaining road border check points could end by early 2021.
Key points:
Road entry patrols on the Stuart Highway, Victoria Highway and Barkly Highway will remain in place for now
Police will use number plate recognition technology to monitor vehicles entering at demobilised road border checkpoints
Two new coronavirus cases have been recorded in the NT