Northern Territory regions to enter 48-hour lockdown

Chief Minister Michael Gunner has announced a 48-hour lockdown for Darwin, Palmerston and Litchfield after the Northern Territory recorded four new locally acquired COVID-19 cases. This comes after 900 people were advised to get tested and isolate after a worker at a gold mine in Central Australia tested positive to COVID-19. “We are taking extreme action right now to stop or slow any spread before the coronavirus is let loose in the territory and that means we need a lockdown,” he said.