Northern Territory’s Howard Springs Quarantine Absconders Apprehended

Staff conduct a Swabbing run at a PPE drill at the NCCTRCA/AUSMAT sections of the Howard Springs quarantine facility, Darwin, Australia, on Jan. 14, 2021. AAP Image/Glenn Campbell

Two teenagers who absconded from the Northern Territory’s Howard Springs COVID-19 quarantine facility on Sunday afternoon were caught just a few hours later.

According to an NT Police media release, the two 16-year-old girls, both from Katherine, were almost at the end of their quarantine period and had tested negative to COVID-19 on their most recent test.