Victoria Calls in the Australia Army to Help Curb COVID-19 Outbreak

Victoria Calls in the Australia Army to Help Curb COVID-19 Outbreak
Victoria's state premier, Daniel Andrews, speaks during a press conference in Melbourne, Australia, on Dec. 21, 2017. Mark Peterson/AFP via Getty Images
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Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has called in the military to help curb the increasing outbreak of COVID-19 in Australia’s southern state.

Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel will deploy from June 26 to areas around Victoria after the premier requested support from the ADF to contain the escalating outbreak of COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, commonly known as novel coronavirus.
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Victoria Kelly-Clark is an Australian based reporter who focuses on national politics and the geopolitical environment in the Asia-pacific region, the Middle East and Central Asia.
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