Australian Territory Locks Out Unvaccinated, Locks Down Town After 1 New Case

Australian Territory Locks Out Unvaccinated, Locks Down Town After 1 New Case
Darwin CBD during lockdown in Darwin, Australia, on Aug. 16, 2021. Charlie Bliss/Getty Images
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The Northern Territory (NT) has put the town of Katherine into lockdown for 72 hours, while imposing what they called a lock out for anyone who is unvaccinated in the Greater Darwin area for the same time frame.

The measures came in response to one man testing positive for COVID-19 yesterday—the territory’s first locally acquired case on record.