Northern Territory (NT) police are still searching for a man who fled from the Alice Springs Quarantine Facility on Dec. 1. At a press conference on Tuesday, NT Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker said that the absconder, 27-year-old Jeremy MacDonald, is “known to police, and there’s some other activities underway that we believe is incentivising him…
Australian Police Still Hunting Man Who Escaped Quarantine in Alice Springs
Supply Chain Crisis Expected To Intensify As China Installs 7-Week Quarantine
As part of China’s COVID Zero strategy, international shipping giants confirmed that crews are required to face a seven-week quarantine. Chinese seafarers returning to the country are mandated to quarantine. In addition, vessels are prohibited from refreshing their crews and bringing on new members for two weeks. Shipowners and managers have had to re-route ships….
Live Q&A: Biden Reveals COVID-19 ‘Winter Plan’; Teens Arrested Trying to Escape Australian COVID Camp
President Joe Biden has unveiled his five-point “Winter Plan” to deal with the COVID-19 virus outbreak, in response to the spread of the new Omicron variant. And in other news, teenagers were arrested in Australia after attempting to escape one of the COVID-19 quarantine camps. In this live Q&A with Crossroads host Joshua Philipp, we’ll…
South Korea to Mandate 10-Day Quarantine on All Travelers Starting Dec. 3
South Korea will mandate a 10-day quarantine for all incoming travelers, including its citizens—regardless of their vaccination status—starting Dec. 3, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention (KDCA) announced Wednesday. The announcement was made the same day after the country confirmed its first five cases of the new Omicron variant in people arriving from Nigeria. The…
Northern Territory Trio of Quarantine Absconders Found
Northern Territory Police have confirmed that the three people who absconded from the Howard Springs quarantine facility on the outskirts of Darwin on Wednesday morning have been found. This comes after it was reported that they scaled the fence and fled the area at 4:40 a.m. on Wednesday. The three absconders, all teenagers from Binjari,…
Couple Detained on Plane After Leaving Dutch Quarantine
THE HAGUE, Netherlands—Dutch military police arrested a husband and wife Sunday who had left a hotel where they were being quarantined after testing positive for COVID-19 and boarded a plane. Local media reported that the couple were trying to fly home to Spain. A spokeswoman for the local security authority that covers Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport…
Three Territorians Contract COVID-19 in Howard Springs Quarantine Facility
Four new cases of COVID-19 were detected in Australia’s Northern Territory over the weekend, three of whom caught the virus while in quarantine at the Howard Springs facility on the outskirts of Darwin. Chief Minister Michael Gunner said via a Facebook post on Sunday that all three cases, a man in his forties from Katherine,…
3 Territorians Contract COVID-19 in Howard Springs Quarantine Facility
Four new cases of COVID-19 were detected in Australia’s Northern Territory over the weekend, three of whom caught the virus while in quarantine at the Howard Springs facility on the outskirts of Darwin. Chief Minister Michael Gunner said via a Facebook post on Sunday that all three cases, a man in his forties from Katherine,…
Live Q&A: Ghislaine Maxwell Trial Set to Begin; Australia Initiates Quarantine Camps
The high-profile sex-trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell is set to begin in a week, with no sign of a plea deal as of Nov. 23. And in other news, the Australian army has begun moving residents in the Northern Territories infected with COVID-19 to a quarantine camp located in Darwin. In this live Q&A with…
Hong Kong to Allow Residents of Mainland to Vote in Election
HONG KONG—Hong Kong authorities will set up polling stations at the border with mainland China to allow Hong Kongers living there to vote during upcoming legislative elections, the city’s leader said Tuesday. During the Dec. 19 legislative elections, registered Hong Kong permanent residents living in the mainland will be able to cross the border into…
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