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Uluru Kata-Tjuta National Park closed at request of traditional owners amid COVID-19 concerns
Uluru Kata-Tjuta National Park has been temporarily closed at the request of traditional owners so visitors from New South Wales can undergo rapid COVID-19 testing.
Key points:
- A plane from Sydney arrived on Monday, a day after the NT declared Greater Sydney a hotspot
- A rapid COVID-19 testing team has been flown to Uluru to assist
- Guests at Yulara resort are anxious given that new visitors are isolating there awaiting test results
The park will remain closed until at least 10:00am Tuesday while hundreds of recent arrivals, including some from known virus hotspots, are checked.
Mutitjulu Community Aboriginal Corporation (MCAC) chief executive Thalia Bohl-van den Boogaard said an agreement with authorities that “no planes would land from a…
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