ACT Policing have reported conducting 898 COVID-19 quarantine checks in the past week, bringing the total number to more than 15,600 during the Territory’s COVID-19 response.
Head of ACT Policing’s COVID-19 Taskforce, Detective Superintendent Hall O’Meagher said that on 22 October the Territory recorded its first case of COVID-19 in more than three months, a member of the diplomatic community who’d been in quarantine since his return from overseas on 9 October.
Detective Superintendent O’Meagher said even though future cases in Australia were likely to be from overseas travellers, the ACT community should remain vigilant amid ongoing pandemic.
“This case serves as a reminder that the pandemic is still a very real factor in our community, and we all need to continue to take social distancing and health directions seriously,” Detective Superintendent O’Meagher said.
“In addition to continuing our compliance checks on those who are isolating, ACT Policing is being notified about public events, and people can expect to see officers patrolling them to help keep our community safe from COVID-19,” he said.
Further information on current pandemic rules and restrictions can be accessed on the Territory’s COVID-19 information website at this PS News link.
