NT 'dodges bullets' but lockdown an option

By Greg Roberts
Updated April 7 2020 - 7:38pm, first published 7:34pm
A "high-risk" traveller has been fined after breaching COVID-19 quarantine rules in Darwin.
A "high-risk" traveller has been fined after breaching COVID-19 quarantine rules in Darwin.

The Northern Territory had dodged "a lot of bullets" in avoiding community transmission of COVID-19 but if an outbreak occurred, then a short-term lockdown of the affected area might have to occur, the chief health officer says.

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