Returning NT resident tests positive for COVID in Darwin after travelling from Newcastle via Brisbane
ABCA domestic traveller has tested positive for COVID-19 in Darwin after travelling to the Northern Territory from New South Wales, via Queensland, however, the Territory's Health Minister, Natasha Fyles, says the case poses a "very minimal risk to the Northern Territory community". Key points: A returning Territory resident has tested positive to COVID-19 while in quarantine at Howard Springs He was heading home from New South Wales with a change of planes at Brisbane Airport last Friday NT Health says there is little risk from the case as the traveller went straight from the Darwin Airport to quarantine and was wearing a mask at all times In a statement released late this morning, the Territory government said the 53-year-old man had tested positive at the Howard Springs quarantine facility on Sunday night, after travelling to Darwin International Airport from Newcastle via Brisbane on Friday, September 17. It said the man, who is a returning Territory resident, had gone directly from the airport to Howard Springs, and was under the care of NT Health staff. The Northern Territory government confirmed the new case after the news was announced by Queensland's Health Minister, Yvette D'Ath, at a press conference earlier this morning.