Premiers Andrews and Berejiklian deliver latest on virus outbreaks in Victoria and NSW
"It's also just a great way to best use the resource that we have. Freeing up additional ambulance paramedics. That will be rolled out quite soon," he said.
About 1,000 troops will come into Victoria to take up those positions over the next three to four weeks.Staff from Medibank, Telstra, the banks, Qantas and Jetstar will also join Victoria's public health unit to do follow-up work such as making and taking calls.
Then we heard from Victoria's Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton who said he expected 10-20 per cent of those infected would be hospitalised — and ruled out eliminating the virus.There has been a major shift in health policy in Victoria and across Australia. Mr Sutton said the state was "on the wrong side of the curve now to really be talking about the nitty-gritty of elimination".
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