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Woman in NT quarantine facility tests positive for UK coronavirus strain – ABC News

NT health authorities say the woman returned to Australia on a repatriation flight from London and tested positive for coronavirus on December 31 before genomic…

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The UK strain of coronavirus has been detected in Darwin’s Howard Springs quarantine facility, with a 26-year-old woman who arrived in Australia from London testing positive for the more contagious strain of the virus.
Key points:

  • The woman who tested positive returned to Australia from London on December 30
  • NT health authorities today confirmed she had been infected with the UK strain of coronavirus
  • Health authorities say no-one else on the flight has tested positive

It is the first time the virulent…

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