NT records another 13 coronavirus cases among India arrivals in quarantine

The Northern Territory has recorded another 13 cases of coronavirus in quarantine among people who recently arrived on two repatriation flights from India.

The new cases — five from an April 15 flight from Chennai and eight from a flight from New Delhi two days later — bring the NT’s total number of recent diagnoses from India to 35.

NT Health authorities say nine of those people, including a one-year-old girl, are displaying mild symptoms, while the rest are asymptomatic.

India is in the grips of a surging coronavirus caseload, prompting the Australian government to yesterday reduce the capacity on flights from that country and strengthen some testing requirements.

Health authorities on Wednesday warned the Howard Springs quarantine…