{"id":97526,"date":"2021-11-22T13:02:24","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T17:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=97526"},"modified":"2021-11-22T14:53:34","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T18:53:34","slug":"australian-army-begins-transferring-covid-positive-cases-contacts-to-quarantine-camps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=97526","title":{"rendered":"<b>Australian Army Begins Transferring COVID-Positive Cases, Contacts To Quarantine Camps<\/b>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p>The Australian army has begun forcibly removing residents in the Northern Territories to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/aecom.com\/projects\/manigurr-ma-village\/\">Howard Springs<\/a>\u00a0quarantine camp located in Darwin, after\u00a0<strong>nine new Covid-19 cases were identified<\/strong>\u00a0in the community of Binjari. The move comes after\u00a0<strong>hard lockdowns<\/strong>\u00a0were instituted in the communities of both Binjari and nearby Rockhole on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"caption caption-img inline-images image-style-inline-images\" role=\"group\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/howard%20springs1a.jpg?itok=TF7lNCVZ\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"44c77ffc-dd4f-4ddd-8e07-b994ba63996b\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><figcaption><em>Howard Springs Quarantine Facility\u00a0has capacity for\u00a02,000 overseas arrivals and about\u00a01,000 domestic travellers.\u00a0<cite>(AAP: Glenn Campbell)<\/cite><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>Residents of Binjari and Rockhole no longer have the five reasons to leave their homes<\/strong>,&#8221; said Northern Territory chief minister,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TerritoryChief\/posts\/435285761296933\">Michael Gunner<\/a>, referring to the country&#8217;s five allowable reasons to avoid lockdown (buying food and supplies, exercising for up to two hours, care or caregiving, work or education if it can&#8217;t be done from home, and to get vaccinated at the nearest possible location).<\/p>\n<div class=\"Advert_desktop__1J5vD Advert_tablet__3QEBr Advert_mobile__1rlLc Advert_placement__1I4yb Advert_align__N0_fw\"><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>They can only leave for medical treatment, in an emergency, or as required by law<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>It&#8217;s highly likely that more residents will be transferred to Howard Springs today<\/strong>, either as positive cases or close contacts,&#8221; he continued, adding &#8220;<strong>We have already identified 38 close contacts from Binjari but that number will go up. Those 38 are being transferred now.<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<span class=\"d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m\" dir=\"auto\">I contacted the Prime Minister last night. We are grateful for the support of about 20 ADF personnel, as well as army trucks to assist with the transfer of positive cases and close contacts \u2013 and to support the communities.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m\" dir=\"auto\">We are doing an assessment today of what extra resources we might need from the Feds, and the Prime Minister is ready to help further \u2013 I thank him for that.&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Watch:<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1462740215571918849&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fcovid-19%2Faustralian-army-begins-transferring-covid-positive-cases-contacts-quarantine-camps&amp;sessionId=ab8ae57d2178c2af45e200a86fb23b6790b0b6e6&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=f001879%3A1634581029404&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1462740215571918849\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019re conscious of the fact that this can have some impacts on people\u2019s mental health as well as their general well being,&#8221; Police Commissioner Jamie Chalkner told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntnews.com.au\/subscribe\/news\/1\/?sourceCode=NTWEB_WRE170_a&amp;dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ntnews.com.au%2Fnews%2Fhard-lockdown-to-test-mental-health-of-binjari-and-rockhole-residents-no-new-local-covid19-cases%2Fnews-story%2Fed720bb06afe2ab89db3a41c29058938&amp;memtype=anonymous&amp;mode=premium\"><em>NT News<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Of note, the Northern Territories are home to a\u00a0<strong>large percentage of indigenous Australians<\/strong>. As the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/lockdowns-in-remote-communities-could-spark-serious-mental-health-issues-police-commissioner_4116592.html\"><em>Epoch Times<\/em><\/a>&#8216; Steve Milne notes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>According to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aihw.gov.au\/reports\/australias-welfare\/indigenous-housing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Australian Institute of Health and Welfare<\/a>, in 2018-19, almost one in five Indigenous Australians lived in overcrowded dwellings\u00a0(18 percent), compared to 5 percent of non-Indigenous Australians. Although this percentage had decreased from 27 percent in 2004, it still meant an estimated 145,340 Indigenous Australians were living in overcrowded dwellings in 2018-19.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In addition, the more remote an area, the higher the proportion of Indigenous Australians living in overcrowded dwellings\u00a0(26 percent in remote\u00a0areas and 51 percent in \u201cvery remote\u201d areas), compared to 8 and 22 percent in non-remote areas.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Five days ago, NT Senator Malarndirri McCarthy told\u00a0<em>ABC<\/em>\u00a0that over crowding in Indigenous communities was a &#8220;massive problem,&#8221; pointing to the region&#8217;s second cluster of new infections &#8211; which included nine members of McCarthy&#8217;s direct family, including her sister who flew from Katherine to Robinson River while unknowingly bringing COVID-19 with her, per the report.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If we could get housing in there right now, I would be pushing that straight away to the federal government and the NT government to work on that, but we obviously need the resources to do so,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Of the nine new cases in Binjari, four are women and five are men, including a 78-year-old woman who has been transported to Darwin Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>There were zero new COVID-19 cases reported on Sunday, however Minister Gunner said he was worried about &#8216;mingling between households&#8217; in Binjari and Rockhole, whose populations are around 220 and 130 respectively.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Gunner said: &#8220;Yes, these are strong measures, but\u00a0<em><strong>the threat to lives is extreme<\/strong><\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Nice people&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1462791892219793414&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fcovid-19%2Faustralian-army-begins-transferring-covid-positive-cases-contacts-quarantine-camps&amp;sessionId=ab8ae57d2178c2af45e200a86fb23b6790b0b6e6&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=f001879%3A1634581029404&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1462791892219793414\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/covid-19\/australian-army-begins-transferring-covid-positive-cases-contacts-quarantine-camps\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/covid-19\/australian-army-begins-transferring-covid-positive-cases-contacts-quarantine-camps<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=97526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97526\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=97526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=97526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=97526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}