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COVID-19 Australian hotspots and travel restrictions

If you are traveling to the Northern Territory, from one of the following locations restrictions may be in place. Please read the advice relating to any place you have travelled:

Anyone arriving into the Northern Territory from or through a declared hotspot must do 14 days mandatory supervised quarantine.

Vaccination status

If a person is fully vaccinated they are still required to follow all test and quarantine directions.

  • Extract from  CHO Directions (No. 8) of 2021 PDF (5.2 MB) -  an explanation about what a person must do to travel through a declared hotspot to get to the airport.

    1. A person is taken not to have been in a COVID-19 hotspot if the person has been in a COVID-19 hotspot only in one or more of the following circumstances:
      1. the person travelled through the area in or on a motor vehicle, public transport or bicycle and did not leave the vehicle, disembark the public transport or dismount the bicycle while in the area;
      2. the person was only at an airport located in a hotspot;
      3. the person
        1. travelled into or out of the area by motor vehicle, public transport or bicycle directly to or from an airport located in the area; and
        2. remained in the vehicle, or on the public transport or bicycle while in the area except when entering or leaving the airport;
      4. the person either:
        1. arrived by aircraft at an airport located in the area and travelled directly from the airport to a hotel that is within 5 km of the airport; or
        2. travelled by motor vehicle or public transport from outside the area to a hotel in the area that is within 5 km of an airport and did not leave the vehicle or disembark the public transport except to enter the hotel; and
        3. after checking in to the hotel, did not leave the person's hotel room until departing the hotel to travel to the airport, except in an emergency; and
        4. travelled directly from the hotel to the airport and departed the area by aircraft.

      Examples for direction 5

      1. A person who travels by car through an area that is a COVID-19 hotspot but stops in the area to refuel the car or drop an item in a friend's mailbox, has been in the area.
      2. A person who rides a bicycle through an area that is a COVID-19 hotspot and stops in the area to buy a drink has been in the area.
      3. A person who flies into an airport located in an area that is a COVID-19 hotspot, remains at the airport during a 6 hour stopover and then departs the airport on an aircraft, is taken not to have been in the area.
      4. A person who flies to an airport that is located in an area that is a COVID-19 hotspot, takes a taxi from the airport to a hotel that is 5 km away from the airport and also located in the area that is a COVID-19 hotspot, checks in, orders room service and remains in the hotel room overnight, checks out the following day, travels directly back to the airport and takes a flight out of the area, is taken not to have been in the area.

  • If you are a close contact or unsure, you must immediately self quarantine and ring the NT COVID hotline on 1800 490 484 and identify yourself as a potential close contact.

  • Travellers need to keep up-to-date with where they can travel and which areas have been declared COVID-19 hotspots, as the COVID-19 situation in Australia is continually evolving. If an area is declared a hotspot after you have departed but before you arrive in the Territory you will be placed in mandatory supervised quarantine.

    If an area you have been in is declared a COVID-19 hotspot within 14 days of your arrival in the NT, you must:

    • Contact the NT COVID-19 hotline 1800 490 484 and identify yourself as a person who has been in an area that has been declared a hotspot since you arrived in the NT
    • If directed, you must submit to a test or assessment for COVID-19 infection
    • Practice physical distancing (e.g. keep 1.5 metres away from others, if unwell stay home, sleep in a separate bedroom away from others, minimise contact with people) until 14 days has elapsed since your arrival in the NT.

    Travellers must be aware of their responsibilities as per current NT Chief Health Officer COVID-19 Directions.

    Don’t put the community at risk.

    • Are you a close contact. If you are a close contact or unsure, you must immediately self quarantine and ring the NT COVID hotline on 1800 490 484 and identify yourself as a potential close contact.
    • People in supervised quarantine will be subject to testing before exiting quarantine. If you refuse a test, there will be 10 days added to your quarantine time.
    • If you’re found to have provided misleading information on your arrival form you could face a fine of $5,056 for an individual, $25,280 for a business and a possible prison term of up to 3 years.
    • There are very limited reasons by which an exemption will be considered.

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