SBS Sinhala current Affair 18 January 2022: Northern Territory has announced lockdown for two more regions

A supplied image obtained on Saturday, November 27, 2021, shows Flight Lieutenant Mark Tomlinson from Joint Task Force 629, deployed on Operation COVID Assist, delivering bags of food to the families at the Rockhole community in the Northern Territory.

Joint Task Force, delivering bags of food to the families in Northern Territory, November 2021 Source: AAP Image/Supplied by the Department of Defence

SBS Sinhala feature on the latest covid updates across Australia including the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's criticisms on "beyond outrageous' prices of some rapid antigen testing kits


Highlights

  • consumer affairs monitor is criticising the 'beyond outrageous' prices of some rapid antigen testing kits,
  • South Australia's first regional collection site for COVID-19 RATs opening in the Riverland region.
  • The Victorian government has revealed three million rapid tests have arrived in the state.
  • Northern Territory has announced a seven-day lockdown for Galiwin'ku on Elcho Island 
  • Hospital admissions are continuing to increase in New South Wales

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