State leaders are being offered military help to enforce hotel quarantine and stamp out a new wave of COVID-19 infections ahead of a national cabinet meeting
State leaders are being offered military help to enforce hotel quarantine and stamp out a new wave of coronavirus infections ahead of a national cabinet meeting on Friday to consider stronger measures.
Victoria will within days increase the number of ADF personnel helping its authorities, taking the total to 264 staff working with police on border checks and lockdowns, although not on hotel quarantine."You'll see them out and about supporting Victoria Police in terms of those checkpoints, those roadblocks between metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria," Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said.
The total ADF deployment to the states on pandemic operations has grown to at least 1129 staff, including 206 in NSW, 476 in Queensland, 25 in Western Australia, 10 in South Australia, 81 in the Northern Territory and none in the Australian Capital Territory. The ABF said the actual number of arrivals from June 7 to July 7 was 28,069. This comprised 14,192 in NSW, 5267 in Victoria, 4527 in Queensland, 2509 in Western Australia, 836 in the Northern Territory, 438 in South Australia, 296 in Canberra and four in Tasmania.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said no state or territory was immune from the increase in cases seen in Victoria, and he hinted that community frustration was being directed at Mr Andrews.
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