Department of the Chief Minister and Cabinet
The Chief Health Officer has declared quarantine and testing directions for people who have been to a COVID-19 public exposure site in New South Wales, effective immediately.
This follows on from a man in his 60s who lives is Sydney's eastern suburbs testing positive for COVID-19. The man works as a driver, which includes transporting international flight crew. The man visited a number of locations while being potentially infectious.
The CHO is directing any person who has arrived in the Northern Territory since 1 June 2021, or who will arrive in the Northern Territory and has been to a New South Wales COVID-19 public exposure site at the dates and times to do as follows:
· Any person defined as a 'close contact' by New South Wales health authorities must immediately get tested and undertake 14 days of quarantine in their home or at a suitable place. They must remain in quarantine (unless to get tested) until noon of the 14th day after they were in a New South Wales COVID-19 case location, regardless of whether they return a negative COVID-19 test.
· Any person identified as a 'casual contact' by New South Wales health authorities must isolate, get a COVID-19 test and remain in self-quarantine until a negative test is returned.
· Any person who this Direction applies to must check the New South Wales Health COVID-19 case locations website at least once per day to make sure they comply if a place they have been to becomes a COVID-19 case location.
New South Wales COVID-19 public exposure sites can be found at: https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/covid-19/Pages/case-locations-and-alerts.aspx
Greater Melbourne remains a declared hotspot for the purposes of travel to the Northern Territory.
To arrange a COVID test, please book online
