The Latest Breaking News from Territory

Mixed response to biosecurity zones, brought back as COVID-19 tears through the remote Northern Territory

Movement in and out of remote areas across the Northern Territory is off-limits to almost all travellers — but as COVID-19 spreads through many Indigenous communities, one leader questions if the travel restrictions are too little, too late.

ABC News · Feb 3, 2022

NT records COVID death, virus zone rollout

An elderly man has died from COVID-19 in the Northern Territory, as the federal government rolls out biosecurity zones to slow the virus's spread.

AAP · Feb 2, 2022

NT reports a third coronavirus death

Northern Territory officials have confirmed a third death related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

AAP · Feb 2, 2022

NT scraps rapid antigen test requirement for arrivals, as COVID-19 hospital admissions rise to 121

Interstate and international arrivals to the NT will no longer need to do three rapid antigen tests within a week of entry, in a major change to COVID-19 testing rules.

ABC News · Jan 30, 2022

NT brings in outdoor mask mandate, as Territory COVID-19 hospital admissions rise to new peak of 111

There are now 111 people with COVID-19 in Northern Territory hospitals, including five in intensive care, as Health Minister Natasha Fyles announces a seven-day outdoor mask mandate amid a growing number of cases.

ABC News · Jan 29, 2022

NT Aboriginal groups accuse government of 'significant failure' managing COVID outbreak

The NT's peak Aboriginal health groups send a scathing letter to Chief Minister Michael Gunner accusing the government of "significant failure" managing the territory's COVID-19 outbreak and calling for more action.

ABC News · Jan 28, 2022

Northern Territory hit by virus case surge

The Northern Territory has reported a record 940 daily COVID-19 cases as it moves to cut the waiting time for vaccine boosters.

AAP · Jan 28, 2022

NT COVID-19 hospital patient numbers leap to a new record of 105, as booster vaccine mandate announced

There are now 105 people with COVID-19 in hospital in the Northern Territory, up from 95 on Thursday, as the NT government announces more than 1,000 new cases of the virus.

ABC News · Jan 28, 2022

Coles introduces new purchase limits in NT supermarkets after flooding in South Australia

Thanks to deliveries being cut off by floodwaters, supermarket shelves in the Northern Territory are as bare as they have been during the pandemic. From today, new limits on certain lines will apply at Coles supermarkets in the Territory. Here's what you can and can't buy.

ABC News · Jan 28, 2022

Nine out of 10 COVID patients in NT hospitals are Aboriginal people. Experts are concerned, but not surprised

Nine out of 10 of the patients with COVID-19 in Northern Territory hospitals are Aboriginal people, a rate which health experts say is "concerning" but, unfortunately, not a total surprise.

ABC News · Jan 27, 2022