General
COVID quarantine concern as NT Chief Minister says flights from India may need to be reduced
Northern Territory Chief Minister Michael Gunner says he is currently not in favour of pausing flights from India into Darwin.
Key points:
- Mr Gunner said he was “concerned” about India’s rising infection numbers
- Twenty-two Australians who returned from India to the NT have tested positive since the weekend
- Mr Gunner said he was open to advice on reducing the frequency of flights from the nation
Mr Gunner’s comments follow a week of climbing infection numbers at the Howard Springs quarantine facility driven by the arrival of returning Australians from India — a country in the grip of a growing COVID crisis.
“We are concerned about the COVID rate and we are concerned about the situation in India,” Mr Gunner said.
“This in many respects…
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