BINJARI, Australia (PNN) - November 23, 2021 - The Australian army has begun forcibly removing residents in the Northern Territories to the Howard Springs quarantine camp located in Darwin, after nine new COVID-19 cases were identified in the community of Binjari. The move comes after hard lockdowns were instituted in the communities of both Binjari and nearby Rockhole on Saturday night.
"Residents of Binjari and Rockhole no longer have the five reasons to leave their homes," said fascist Northern Territory Chief Minister Michael Gunner, referring to the country's five allowable reasons to avoid lockdown (buying food and supplies, exercising for up to two hours, care or caregiving, work or education if it can't be done from home, and to get vaccinated at the nearest possible location).
"They can only leave for medical treatment, in an emergency, or as required by law," said the Nazi supporter.
"It's highly likely that more residents will be transferred to Howard Springs today, either as positive cases or close contacts," he continued, adding, "We have already identified 38 close contacts from Binjari but that number will go up. Those 38 are being transferred now."
Of note, the Northern Territories are home to a large percentage of indigenous Australians.
According to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, in 2018-19, almost one in five Indigenous Australians lived in overcrowded dwellings (18%), compared to 5% of non-Indigenous Australians. Although this percentage had decreased from 27% in 2004, it still meant an estimated 145,340 Indigenous Australians were living in overcrowded dwellings in 2018-19.
In addition, the more remote an area, the higher the proportion of Indigenous Australians living in overcrowded dwellings (26% in remote areas and 51% in “very remote” areas), compared to 8% and 22% in non-remote areas.
Five days ago, NT Senator Malarndirri McCarthy said that overcrowding in Indigenous communities was a massive problem, pointing to the region's second cluster of new infections - which included nine members of McCarthy's direct family, including her sister who flew from Katherine to Robinson River while unknowingly bringing COVID-19 with her.
Of the nine new cases in Binjari, four are women and five are men, including a 78-year-old woman who has been transported to Darwin Hospital.
There were zero new COVID-19 cases reported on Sunday, however fascist Minister Gunner said he was worried about “mingling between households” in Binjari and Rockhole, whose populations are around 220 and 130, respectively.
On Sunday, Gunner said: "Yes, these are strong measures, but the threat to lives is extreme." However, the empirical evidence says exactly the opposite.
Ed. Note: Fascist Minister Gunner is guilty of crimes against humanity and should be tried and executed according to international law.