Northern Territory sets a date for restaurants, pubs and cafes to reopen amid coronavirus - Daily Mail

One Australian government has ruled pubs, restaurants and cafes will ALL be open in two weeks after it crushed the coronavirus curve

• The Northern Territory will allow outdoor weddings and funerals from Friday
• Funerals and weddings will no longer have a limit on the number of attendees 
• Restaurants, cafes and bars will be able to reopen from Friday, May 15
• Waterparks, swimming pools, tennis courts and golf courses will also reopen 
• The territory's active coronavirus cases dwindled down to just three 
• Twenty-five people who contracted the virus have already recovered
• Here’s how to help people impacted by Covid-19

By Alana Mazzoni For Daily Mail Australia and Aap

Published: 03:37 BST, 30 April 2020 | Updated: 07:35 BST, 30 April 2020

The Northern Territory will allow outdoor weddings and funerals with unlimited guests from Friday, while restaurants, cafes and bars will be able to reopen from May 15.  

The NT government announced a two-staged approach on Thursday, as the territory's active coronavirus cases dwindled down to just three. 

Twenty-five people who contracted the virus have already recovered, and no new cases have been detected for more than three weeks. 

From Saturday, playgrounds, pools and parks will re-open allowing people to use them as long as they adhere to social distancing guidelines and stay 1.5 metres apart. 

Fishing, golf and tennis are all also allowed again, and open houses will begin again on Saturday. 

The Northern Territory will allow outdoor weddings and funerals with unlimited guests from Friday, while restaurants, cafes and bars will be able to reopen from May 15 

Chief Minister Michael Gunner announced the plan on Thursday, as the territory's active coronavirus cases dwindled down to just three

From May 15, pubs, bars and restaurants will open, with patrons allowed to drink with a meal.

Galleries, museums, gyms and beauty parlours will also open then, however facials will have to wait until June 5.  

Some limitations will still apply, with venues required to complete a safety plan to ensure physical distancing and good hygiene.

Patrons will only be able to stay in the venue for a maximum of two hours.  

Weddings in the Northern Territory are currently limited to five attendees, while funerals have a limit of 10 people.

But from midday Friday there will be no cap on attendees as long as people adhere to social distancing guidelines and maintain a separation of 1.5 metres.    

The NT's low number of coronavirus cases has prompted the lifting of restrictions, however border closures are set to remain in place indefinitely

'It's because of [Territorians] that we are safest place in Australia, and it's because of them that we can start moving to a new normal before the rest of Australia,' Chief Minister Michael Gunner said. 

Mr Gunner said the success of the staged lifting of restrictions will depend on Territorians 'being the best they can be'. 

He has briefed Scott Morrison and will attend National Cabinet today to explain the plan to other state and territory leaders. 

CORONAVIRUS CASES IN AUSTRALIA: 6,746

New South Wales: 3,016

Victoria: 1,354

Queensland: 1,034

Western Australia: 551

South Australia: 438

Tasmania: 219

Australian Capital Territory: 106

Northern Territory: 28

TOTAL CASES:  6,746

RECOVERED: 5,688

DEAD: 91

The plan will include a timeline for businesses with dates and details for when they can restart. 

Earlier this week the Chief Minister announced some of the NT's parks and reserves would reopen for swimming, camping and hiking for the May Day long weekend on May 4. 

The NT's low number of coronavirus cases has prompted the lifting of restrictions, however border closures are set to remain in place indefinitely. 

The eased rules could provide a blueprint for other jurisdictions due to make critical decisions about restarting economic and social activity in coming weeks. 

The NT government was the second to lock down its domestic borders, after Tasmania, and later forced arrivals to pay $2,500 for their hotel quarantine.

NT Health in late March told Daily Mail Australia its aggressive contact tracing program meant it knew of and had isolated every case and their close contacts.

All new cases since then were arrivals from interstate, or cruise ship passengers housed at a former workers' camp in Darwin. 

Australia's death toll sits at 91 after an 86-year-old died in Tasmania's northwest.

More than 5600 of the 6746 people diagnosed with coronavirus nationally have recovered.

WHICH STATES AND TERRITORIES ARE EASING CORONAVIRUS RESTRICTIONS?

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

* Coronavirus restrictions eased from Monday, 27 April.

* Two-person limit on non-work activities, including picnics, boating, hiking, camping, and group exercise eased from two to 10 people, provided they adhere to social distancing and good hygiene.

* Weddings and funerals can have up to 10 people present.

* In real estate, open houses and display villages permitted but records must be kept of everyone who enters a home.

* Students will return to the classroom from May 29.

* WA Premier Mark McGowan said it was a 'cautious relaxation' of restrictions.

NORTHERN TERRITORY

* Parks and reserves have reopened. 

* Weddings, funerals, playgrounds, parks and public swimming pools will re-open from May 1.

* Outdoor sports where people can be physically distant, such as golf and tennis, will be allowed.

* Pubs, cafes and restaurants will re-open from May 15. People will be allowed in for two hours.  

QUEENSLAND

* Stay-at-home restrictions to ease from Saturday, May 2.

* Family picnics and weekend drives allowed, national parks will reopen and people can shop for clothing and shoes.

* Citizens must stay within 50km of their homes, and social distancing will still be enforced.

* People from the same household can go out together, while those who live alone can spend time with one other person.

* No change to schools until at least May 15 with students continuing to learn remotely where they can.

* 'We recognise that Queenslanders have done a great job in trying to flatten that curve. So we also know it's having a big impact on people's mental health. We thought we could lift some stay-at-home restrictions,' Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says.

VICTORIA

* Coronavirus restrictions to be reassessed on May 11 when the state of emergency ends.

* 'I don't know what transmission will look like this week or next week, but I think the state of emergency going to May 11 is a nice line-up with the national cabinet process for a real look at changing the restrictions,' Chief Health Officer Professor Brett Sutton said.

TASMANIA

* Restrictions closing non-essential retail in the northwest, due to be lifted on Sunday, have been pushed back to at least May 3.

* Most Tasmanian students to begin term two on Tuesday remotely, but schools in the northwest area will open a week later.

* 'I don't want to have a knee-jerk reaction ... take away restrictions too early only to have to bring them back again,' Tasmanian Premier Peter Gutwein said.

NEW SOUTH WALES

*From Friday 1 May, two adults and their children can visit friends in their home

* The state government is encouraging shops to re-open with social distancing in place

*Pupils are going back to school on May 11 on a roster basis. State government wants full-time classroom teaching sooner rather than later  

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

* South Australia not looking at easing any coronavirus restrictions 'any time soon'.

* 'Our restrictions are actually not as severe in some respects as other states and territories,' South Australian Health Minister Stephen Wade said.

ACT

* The territory won't be lifting any restrictions soon.

* 'This is not a race or a contest between jurisdictions. We are in a great position here in the ACT, largely thanks to the great community effort in complying with the rules around physical distancing. However, we have seen around the world what can happen when restrictions are imposed too late or taken away too early,' ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr said.

 

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