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Coun­cil is vig­i­lant in man­ag­ing its pub­lic venues (such as the Library and Aquat­ic Cen­tre) to min­imise the risk and, at this stage, both the Library and Aquat­ic Cen­tre are oper­at­ing to reg­u­lar trad­ing with increased san­i­ta­tion. How­ev­er in the inter­ests of pub­lic health, if you are expe­ri­enc­ing any flu-like symp­toms, or feel­ing sick in any way, please do not use these facilities. 

In line with nation­al pub­lic health advice, the Alice Springs Pub­lic Library will be sus­pend­ing all cur­rent (includ­ing exter­nal­ly led) pro­grams and events at the Library until fur­ther notice. This includes reg­u­lar pro­grams such as Lego Club, Preschool Sto­ry­time, STEAM Club, Con­nect to Tech, Baby Rhyme Time and Sto­ry­book Sat­ur­day from today (Tues­day 17 March 2020). Meet­ing room book­ings are also being reviewed.

The Har­mo­ny Day Cit­i­zen­ship Cer­e­mo­ny sched­uled for this Fri­day 20 March will be going ahead how­ev­er pre­cau­tions and social dis­tanc­ing mea­sures will be put in place. At this stage non-essen­tial events in March (only) 2020 – Twi­light in the Mall, Mul­ti­cul­tur­al Fit­ness month and the Sat­ur­day morn­ing Heart­walk – have been CAN­CELLED. Coun­cil is cur­rent­ly eval­u­at­ing its oth­er upcom­ing events against risk assess­ment doc­u­ments pro­vid­ed by Secure NT and will advise the com­mu­ni­ty in due course.