More than 1300 Australian Defence Force personnel will be deployed to Victoria and millions of masks released from a Federal Government stash. 9News
Some ADF members will assist testing logistics, he said.
There are currently 92 people sick with coronavirus in hospitals across Australia, including 18 in intensive care.Around 100 cluster outbreaks have been detected in Victoria, which authorities are working to track, trace and contain. Mr Hunt said he had been advised by the national incident centre that Victoria's hospitals were in a good position to handle the surge."It was already planned for an outbreak before this virus arrived, but it's been strengthened during the course of the virus.", with nine people infected and thousands forced into quarantine, has been linked to Melbourne.
"We do have some linkages to Melbourne but we need some final diagnostic tests to nail this," she said today.It is the eighth consecutive day the state has recorded a triple-digit increase in new cases.
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