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One new case of COVID-19 is recorded in the Northern Territory, while 26 close contacts of two COVID cases reported in the remote Central Australian community of Yulara yesterday are now being transferred to quarantine in Darwin.

Couples reuniting, Christmas gatherings and finally seeing family: It's a mixed bag of emotions in the Top End ahead of the Northern Territory's long-awaited border reopening plan. But last minute "yo-yo" changes to the rules are creating uncertainty and seeing holiday cancellations.

Northern Territory Deputy Chief Minister Nicole Manison says there have been eight new cases of COVID-19 detected overnight. Ms Manison said six cases were linked to the current outbreak, bringing the total number of cases in the Katherine east cluster to 100.

The NT has detected eight new COVID-19 infections, as a community outbreak forces the lockdown of a remote town of only a few thousand people.

Famed restaurateur Jimmy Shu will close his Darwin operation over Christmas for the first time, as travellers reconsider their plans to visit the Northern Territory amid restrictive border changes that come into effect next week.

Two of those are in remote Timber Creek near the WA border, 225km east of Kununurra, and the other one is in Kalkarindji, 550km south of Darwin. “Today’s case numbers are nowhere near as high as yesterday but we do expect more cases in the coming days,

More than a dozen COVID-19 infections have been detected among residents in a pocket of overcrowded homes in East Katherine, 320km south of Darwin.

A mask mandate has been introduced after the Northern Territory recorded an increase in Covid-19 cases. Four new Covid cases were recorded in the state overnight, with three cases linked to a cluster in Katherine and one a returned traveller in his 60s who flew back on a Qantas plane …

An administrative bungle means the Northern Territory will not appoint a permanent Treaty Commissioner to replace Mick Dodson before the Commission hands down its final report next year.

As the territory hits 91 per cent fully vaccinated, Chief Minister Michael Gunner warns the community must prepare for life with COVID.