The man will remain at the facility to finish the mandatory isolation quarantine period.

Incident Controller, Acting Commander Sachin Sharma said all community members are required to comply with the Chief Health Officer’s directions to maintain a Covid-19 free Territory.

“Directions are in place to keep all Territorians safe and we do take the breaches seriously,” said A/Cmdr Sharma “We will intervene and enforce the directions that are so critical to maintain public health.

The NT Police, Health and all of our partnered agencies are working tirelessly to achieve only one outcome and that is to keep everyone safe, but in order to achieve this we need full participation from the community.”