The ACT will go into lockdown for seven days from 5pm today, after the territory recorded a positive case of COVID-19.
The government says the confirmed case was infectious whilst in the community.
It had previously been 105 days since the last case in the ACT —a diplomat in quarantine — and over a year since the last locally acquired case.
The ACT Chief Minister has called an urgent COVID-19 press conference for 12:15pm. He will be joined by the ACT’s Chief Health Officer and the ACT Chief Police Officer.
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