The Chief Health Officer has revoked a number of hotspots in Queensland and Western Australia for the purposes of travel to the Northern Territory.
Queensland:
The Chief Health Officer has revoked all Queensland hotspots for the purposes of travel to the NT except the City of Brisbane and Moreton Bay Region from 6pm tonight.
Testing and quarantine Directions remain in place for people who have been to a COVID-19 public exposure site in Queensland.
Any person who has arrived or who will arrive in the Northern Territory who has been to a Queensland COVID-19 public exposure site since 19 June 2021:
- Close contacts: Must immediately get tested and undertake 14 days of mandatory, supervised quarantine at the Alice Springs or Howards Springs facilities. They must remain in quarantine (unless to get tested) until noon of the 14th day after they were in a Queensland COVID-19 case location, regardless of whether they return a negative COVID-19 test.
- Casual contacts: Must immediately self-quarantine, get a COVID-19 test and remain in quarantine until a negative test is returned.
- Low risk contacts: Must monitor for symptoms and get tested for COVID-19 if they arise. If tested the person must remain in self-quarantine until a negative is returned.
- Must check the Queensland Health COVID-19 case locations website at least once per day to make sure they comply if a place they have been to becomes a COVID-19 case location.
Queensland public exposure sites can be found at: https://www.qld.gov.au/health/conditions/health-alerts/coronavirus-covid-19/current-status/contact-tracing
Western Australia:
The Chief health Officer has revoked the Perth Metropolitan Region and the Peel Region in Western Australia as COVID-19 Hotspots for the purposes of travel to the Northern Territory from 1.30am on 3 July 2021.
Testing and quarantine Directions remain in place for people who have been to a COVID-19 public exposure site in Western Australia.
Anyone who has been to a Western Australia public exposure site must follow the directions specified with the location visited until directed otherwise. These are listed on the WA Department of Health Website and include:
- Must immediately get tested and undertake 14 days of mandatory, supervised quarantine at the Alice Springs or Howards Springs facilities. The person must remain in quarantine (unless to get tested) until noon of the 14th day after they were at the exposure site, regardless of returning a negative COVID-19 test or not.
- Must immediately self-quarantine, get a COVID-19 test and remain in quarantine until a negative test is returned.
- Must monitor for symptoms and get tested if any arise.
Testing and quarantine directions remain in place for New South Wales Victoria, Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory. A list of public exposure sites can be found at:
- New South Wales: https://www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/latest-news-and-updates#search-suburbs
- Victoria: https://www.coronavirus.vic.gov.au/exposure-sites#public-exposure-sites-in-victoria
- Australian Capital Territory: https://www.covid19.act.gov.au/community/travel
To arrange a COVID-19 test, please book online at coronavirus.nt.gov.au or contact the COVID-19 Hotline on 1800 490 484.
For more information on COVID-19 Australian hotspot and travel restrictions visit: https://coronavirus.nt.gov.au/travel/quarantine/hotspots-covid-19
The Chief Health Officer will continue to review and assess the COVID-19 situation across Australia, and will take into account COVID-19 monitoring and data collection, the extent of community transmission and risks to the NT community.
The risk of COVID-19 in our communities cannot be eliminated which is why it is important for everyone to follow all health directions.
- Book your COVID-19 vaccine at https://coronavirus.nt.gov.au/
- If you have symptoms, stay away from others and get tested for COVID-19.
- Wash your hands with soap and water and use hand sanitiser regularly.
- Do not go to work if you feel sick.
- Maintain a physical distance of 1.5 metres where possible.
To stay up to date with the latest information visit https://coronavirus.nt.gov.au/