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Genomic testing finalised for foreign military cases as two repatriated Australians test positive to COVID-19 in Darwin
Genomic testing on two positive COVID-19 cases among an international military cohort in Darwin shows they are not linked to the mutant UK strain of the virus, as it emerged that two more repatriated Australians in quarantine in the Top End have tested positive.
Key points:
- There have been more than 60 positive cases on repatriation flights to Darwin since October
- Genomic testing has ruled out highly transmissible mutations of the virus among a foreign military cohort
- A Darwin hotel where the foreign officials are staying has been listed as a quarantine facility, two weeks after the group arrived
The latest cases include a 30-year-old woman who flew on a repatriation flight from London to Darwin on January 16, and a 16-month-old girl who…
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