The largest city of Central Australia Alice Springs is closed at the 72-hour quarantine due to the flare Coronavirus among the miners of the Golden Mine Tans. This was reported on Wednesday, the head of the government of the Northern Territory of the country, Michael Ganner, during the online briefing for journalists, reports TASS.
“Starting from 13:00 the Alice Springs environment will be completely closed for 72 hours. It also applies to all settlements in the region and to communities [Aborigines]. Residents of closed areas can come to Alice Springs for Buying products, essential and medicine products, “said Ganner, adding that entry and departure from the city will be controlled.
According to the head of the regional government, the rigid quarantine in the region was declared after the detection of the Indian strain “Delta” at one of the employees of the Golden Mine Tans. The man spent several days at work, and then flew out of Alice Springs in Adelaide, where doctors confirmed his diagnosis. According to the Northern Territory Department, about 900 people could contact with an infected during his work in the mine.
South Australia’s state authorities, the administrative center of which is Adelaide, on Wednesday reported five cases of coronavirus infection, after 212 days with a zero increase in the number of cases. It is believed that all infected contacted with one source of infection. In the Regional Health Department, it is believed that the risk group includes about 100 people who could get infected from the men who arrived from Alice Springs.