The Chief Health Officer has declared a number of hotspots across Victoria from 10 July 2021 for the purposes of travel to the Northern Territory. This date aligns with the period of time people were in the community while infectious.
Anyone travelling to the Northern Territory who has been in a COVID-19 hotspot in Victoria since 10 July 2021 and arrives in the Northern Territory after 5pm on 15 July 2021, will be required to undertake 14 days of mandatory supervised quarantine at the Alice Springs or Howard Springs quarantine facilities.
The person must remain in quarantine until noon of the 14th day after they were at the hotspot location.
Hotspot locations include:
- Greater Melbourne
- City of Greater Geelong
- Shire of Moorabool (including Bacchus Marsh)
These hotspot declarations are required to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak evolving in Victoria and the significant rise in the number of positive COVID-19 cases seen today.
In addition, Chief Health Officer quarantine and testing directions remain in place for those people who have been to a public exposure site in Victoria.
Public exposure sites continue to change and it is important that those people who have arrived in the Northern Territory from Victoria since 7 June 2021 check the Victorian Health website daily to ensure compliance with the testing direction.
Victorian health authorities are undertaking considerable work to investigate, trace and locate close contacts.
A list of Victorian public exposure sites can be found at https://www.coronavirus.vic.gov.au/exposure-sites#public-exposure-sites-in-victoria.
View a list of declared COVID-19 hotspots.
