Mon Nov 22, 2021 – 12:28 pm ESTMon Nov 22, 2021 – 12:30 pm EST
DARWIN, Australia (LifeSiteNews) — The government of Australia’s Northern Territory has ordered the transfer of 38 Australians from a remote Aboriginal town to a quarantine facility. Nine people there had tested positive for COVID-19.
The group of 38, identified by health authorities as either positive cases or “close contacts,” was taken in army trucks to Howard Springs quarantine facility, located at a former mining camp near Darwin in northern Australia.
“It is highly likely that more residents will be transferred to Howard Springs today either as positive cases or close contacts,” announced Michael Gunner, chief minister of the Northern Territory, at a press conference Sunday.
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In the Aboriginal town of Binjari near Katherine, in Australia’s Northern Territory, nine people tested positive for COVID. Both Binjari and the neighboring town of Rockhole are now fully locked down. Residents are not allowed to leave their homes except for emergencies, medical treatment, or “if required by law.”
Gunner described Binjari as a “low-vaccination community” but said the vaccination status of the positive cases “has not been confirmed yet.”
He also thanked the Australian armed
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