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Two children test positive to coronavirus in NT’s Howard Springs quarantine facility after repatriation flight
Two new coronavirus cases have been recorded in the Northern Territory’s Howard Springs quarantine facility related to travellers returning on Commonwealth repatriation flights.
Key points:
- The two children returned from India on a government-organised repatriation flight
- They will remain in specialist care at the Howard Springs facility near Darwin
- Repatriated Australians are required to quarantine for two weeks in the secure facility
An eight-year-old girl and a 10-year-old boy who arrived in Darwin on a flight from New Delhi on November 24 tested positive and remain in quarantine at Howard Springs.
More than 1,300 international travellers have undertaken mandatory quarantine at the Howard Springs facility since repatriation flights began…
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