Australian Defence Force to Assist Victorian Virus Effort

Australian Defence Force to Assist Victorian Virus Effort
Victorian premier Daniel Andrews speaks to the media to announce lifting of restrictions, Melbourne, Australia, May 11, 2020. Quinn Rooney/Getty Images
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Defence members are expected to be sent to Melbourne to help Victorian efforts to contain a spike in COVID-19 cases that has led to Australia’s first death from the disease in a month.

A Victorian man in his 80s has died from coronavirus, bringing the national death tally to 103.