1 Jul 2021

Alice Springs goes into lockdown after Covid-19 case at airport

From First Up, 5:05 am on 1 July 2021

To Australia now where Alice Springs has been put into a 72 hour lockdown after a worker at a goldmine in the Northern Territory spent some time tbefore flying on to Adelaide and later testing postivie for Covid-19. Chief Minister of the Northern Territory Michael Gunner said the lockdown is a precautionary step. The ABC's journalist for Alice Springs Mitchell Abram told our producer Ellie Jay that authorities are taking a cautious approach..