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Second COVID-19 case, ‘low positive’ result both linked to Darwin livestock ship
The Northern Territory has recorded a new case of coronavirus, the second confirmed case linked to a cattle export ship that arrived in Darwin from Indonesia on Sunday.
Key points:
- On Monday, a 25-year-old from the same ship tested positive
- Most of the crew is now in supervised quarantine
- The number of COVID-19 cases diagnosed in the NT is now 76
In a statement, the NT Government said a 35-year-old male crew member from the Diamantina livestock export ship returned a positive COVID-19 test within the past 24 hours.
He is being transported from the boat to Royal Darwin Hospital, where he will stay in the care of NT Health until he returns two negative test results.
The 35-year-old is the second person from the ship to have tested positive to…
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