A NSW man has breached his coronavirus quarantine after yesterday leaving his Darwin hotel and traveling to Katherine.
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The 31-year-old then returned to Darwin to complete his 14-day quarantine.
His breach was discovered by police and he has become the third person to be issued an infringement notice for breaching quarantine.
No details have been provided of where the man went while he was in Katherine.
The infringement penalty for an individual is $1,099 and $5,495 for a business.
NT Police, Public and Environmental Health officers and Australian Defence Force continue to undertake quarantine compliance checks to ensure people are completing their 14 days quarantine.
Physical distance monitoring and enforcing the public gathering limit of 10 people also continues. Territorians are strongly advised to observe the two person limit where possible.
The key message to all Territorians is to "Stay home, if you can".
The public can be assured that fines will be issued to anyone not respecting the community and doing the right thing.
A total of 1635 compliance checks have been completed with three fines issued.
In support of physical distancing measures to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus, NT Police have instituted a new system to allow the community to report non-emergency incidents to police via their website.
From tomorrow (Sunday), the public will be able to submit a report via www.pfes.nt.gov.au/forms/report-online for incidents requiring non-urgent police assistance.
Anyone in an emergency situation is still urged to call 000 or 131 444 for police assistance.
Once an online report is submitted, it is assigned to an officer to review and progress with a police report. As part of this process, the officer will contact the person making the report to confirm the details and request further information if required.
This online reporting capability will help the public avoid making unnecessary trips when they need to stay home to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
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