Greater Darwin and Katherine will enter a three-day snap lockdown from midday on Monday after one positive COVID-19 case was detected overnight.
It will be the second lockdown in three months for the Top End after Darwin and Alice Springs were plunged into a lockdown in June after workers at a mine tested positive to the infection.
Chief Minister Michael Gunner is expected to hold a press conference this morning alongside the territory's chief health officer. It follows an emergency meeting of Norther Territory's COVID-19 management with the police commissioner.Darwin and Katherine regions will go into lockdown from midday on Monday after one new case was reported. Picture: Che Chorley
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