Pleading for a hard border closure with Victoria, Aboriginal health group calls NT's border stance 'crazy'

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The chief executive of the Northern Territory's peak Aboriginal health body says the NT is opening up its vulnerable communities to undue risk as the Territory Government resists a hard border closure with Victoria.

its quarantine rules on July 17, when all people entering the Northern Territory who have been in a hotspot will be forced to undergo a 14-day mandatory supervised quarantine period at approved Government facilities.

Mr Paterson said it would take one person from outside the NT to create a "catastrophe" in vulnerable communities. "We can't wait. Let's take a leaf out of NSW and other states that are implementing the closure to the border of Victoria effective immediately," he said Mr Paterson said recent examples of self-isolation non-compliance — with seven more fines issued by Northern Territory Police on Monday following aof incidents last week — showed the Government's current quarantine measures were inadequate.

 

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That's a shame. The only people working in NT health are Victorians. lol

Yes it’s now time to stop all VIC coming into NT . VIC has lost all positive control and spill over now being detected in NSW boarder towns give it another 10 days & everyone rushing back before the NSW border shuts some will inveabely show symptoms. Covid19vic Covid19au

Usually I wouldn't be for restricting travel, but who could be against keeping Victorians out of your state?

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