The NT reported no new cases of coronavirus overnight, but Chief Minister Michael Gunner says it's far too early to declare the territory out of the woods. 9News
The Northern Territory has reported no new cases of coronavirus, as Darwin and Katherine ended their first day of the snap lockdown.Important testing data would filter through to health officials over the next 12 hours, he said.
Mr Gunner said the infected man, who travelled from Sydney to the NT, had been tested again and had again returned a positive result, "more infectious than the first". The taxi driver and uber driver who had picked up the infected man have been tested and returned negative results."We are now in a waiting game," Mr Gunner said.
Test results and waste water results from Darwin and Katherine would also be analysed in the next 12 hours.More to come
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