Melbourne suburbs declared as hotspots

The Chief Health Officer has declared 10 suburbs across Metropolitan Melbourne as COVID-19 Hotspots for the purposes of travel to the Northern Territory from 3.30pm on 4 February 2021.

The 10 suburbs declared as hotspots are:

· Brandon Park

· Brighton

· Clayton South

· Heatherton

· Keysborough

· Melbourne

· Moorabbin

· Noble Park

· Springvale

· West Melbourne

This follows on from a male hall monitor working at a hotel quarantine facility testing positive to COVID-19. The man visited a number of locations across Melbourne before developing COVID-19 symptoms and getting tested. Victoria Health Authorities have implemented a number of public health controls to prevent any spread of COVID-19.

Anyone travelling to the Northern Territory from a COVID-19 Hotspot must undertake 14 days of mandatory, supervised quarantine at the Alice Springs or Howard Springs quarantine facilities. Quarantine will be undertaken at the first urban centre you arrive at, including for transit.

Those people that were in the air travelling to the NT from a hotspot at the time it was declared, will have the option to return home or enter mandatory supervised quarantine at no cost.

Those people who have arrived in the Northern Territory between 29 January and 3.29pm today from a declared hotspot must have a COVID-19 test and undertake self-quarantine until a negative test is returned. You do not need to have a COVID-19 test if you only transited to the airport. To book a test call 1800 008 002. For all other enquiries phone 1800 490 484.

We are expecting a large volume of calls to our hotlines so please be patient. We have increased our staffing capability and extended our operating hours. You will be advised to leave a message so we can return your call. Please only ring once. Our hotline team will respond to your calls and messages as soon as possible.