Close Contact Essential Workers in Northern Territory Now Able to Work

Close Contact Essential Workers in Northern Territory Now Able to Work
Northern Territory Chief Minister Michael Gunner arrives at Kirribilli House to meet with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison in Sydney, Australia on October 16, 2020 Dan Himbrechts - Pool/Getty Images
Steve Milne
Updated:

Australia’s Northern Territory government has introduced a new health direction that allows workers who are essential to the operation of critical frontline services to still work if they are a close contact of a COVID-19 case.

Issued on Monday, the direction means that employees such as healthcare, childcare, and supermarket workers who are deemed close contacts can front up to work as long as they are fully vaccinated and take a rapid antigen test (RAT) each day.

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