The Northern Territory has declared the Australian Capital Territory a travel hotspot from 4.30pm on August 12 after a positive case of COVID-19 in Canberra.
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All of New South Wales, the ACT and Melbourne in Victoria are now classed as hotspots or public exposure sites, with travel to the NT without a prior approved exemption attached to a border entry form prohibited.
The ACT will go into a snap lockdown from 5pm Thursday, August 12 after a new case of COVID-19 was detected in Canberra.
It's the first case of COVID in the ACT in more than a year, with the last locally acquired case recorded on July 10, 2020.
ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr announced the snap lockdown on Thursday, following an emergency cabinet meeting earlier this morning.
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In the NT, the Chief Health Officer will require any person who arrived in the Northern Territory before 4.30pm on August 12, 2021 who has been in the ACT since August 5, 2021 to be tested for COVID-19.
A person who is required to be tested must travel directly to a suitable place of quarantine and remain in that place, except to submit to testing for COVID-19 (or in an emergency).
Once tested, the person must remain isolated in a suitable place of quarantine until notified of the results of the test.
