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Four more returned Australians test positive for COVID-19 in Howard Springs after arriving from India
Four more people have tested positive for coronavirus after arriving in the Northern Territory on repatriation flights from India.
Key points:
- The new cases include returned Australians aged 8, 11, 38 and 60
- Health authorities say all four cases are displaying mild symptoms
- The Howard Springs quarantine facility is expanding its intake of returned Australians from 850 to 2,000 a fortnight
The group includes an 8-year-old girl, an 11-year-old boy and a 38-year-old man who arrived on a flight from New Delhi on Saturday and a 60-year-old man who arrived on the flight from Chennai last Thursday.
Health authorities say all four have mild symptoms and remain in Darwin’s Howard Springs quarantine facility.
It brings the total number of positive…
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