Under new rules now in place, only residents and essential workers will be able to enter exclusion zone communities in the NT.
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There are also new, stricter rules around travel that have been brought in for parts of the NT considered vulnerable because of their low COVID-19 vaccination rates.Ĭommunities with a full vaccination of less than 80 per cent among residents aged 5 and over are considered 'exclusion zones' in the NT, and there are special travel restrictions that apply to them. People will also need to keep checking in at any venues they visit. Once it comes into effect, the vaccine pass system will be ongoing in the NT. There are a few different ways people can show proof of vaccination: by showing their digital certificate, which they can link to the Territory Check-In App, or by showing their immunisation history statement or international COVID19 vaccination certificate for overseas travel.Ĭhecking people's vaccination status will be up to businesses. The pass system will also apply to ticketed events of more than 500 people in urban areas or more than 1000 in regional or remote areas. Those venues, which the government has deemed high-risk, are pubs and clubs, casinos, restaurants, and cinemas. This means everyone in the NT will need to show proof of their COVID-19 vaccination status before they'll be allowed to enter certain kinds of venues. If the lockout lifts on Monday as expected, a vaccine pass system will come into effect in the NT from midday that day. It's been three years and I still haven't caught it – does that mean I'm immune to COVID-19?.Scientists say these are the 12 symptoms that reveal when COVID becomes long COVID.China's 'controllable' COVID-19 surge expected to peak at 65 million cases per week.Unvaccinated parents will still be permitted to drop their children off at childcare or school holiday programs. They also won't be allowed to travel more than 30 kilometres from their home if they leave it for one of the three reasons, unless they're going to hospital.Īn important difference to the lockout rules this time is that unvaccinated people won't be able to leave their homes for work or exercise.Ĭhief Minister Michael Gunner has said that's because limiting movement for the next few days is "critical" and the government doesn't consider people leaving their homes for those reasons as essential. However, unvaccinated people aged 16 and over will only be allowed to leave home for three reasons: to access medical treatment including COVID testing or vaccination, for essential goods and services such as groceries, and to provide care to a vulnerable family member or person who can't support themselves. They'll also be able to travel anywhere within the NT, and move in and out of the Territory freely. Lockouts are not new in the Territory – they've been implemented a number of times before, including in Darwin and Katherine - but this marks the first time there's been one Territory-wide.Īnd there have been some changes to the usual rules this time round.Ĭatch up on the latest COVID-19 news hereĪs usual, during the lockout people who are fully vaccinated will be able to go about their lives as normal, though they'll need to show proof of their vaccination status at venues. The whole of the NT has been put into a lockout from 1pm today, until midday on Monday. After daily case numbers reached a record-breaking high of 256 today, the rules around COVID-19 in the Northern Territory have changed yet again.
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