Virus Spike in Australian State Troubles Neighbours

Virus Spike in Australian State Troubles Neighbours
Police in the southern New South Wales (NSW) border city of Albury check cars crossing the state border from Victoria on July 8, 2020. William West/AFP via Getty Images
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The Victorian coronavirus spike continues to trouble its neighbours, with a Melbourne man testing positive in New South Wales and South Australia deploying the military to help guard its border.

The southern state recorded 216 new cases on July 11—a sixth consecutive day of triple-digit rises—and brought the national death toll to 107 after a man in his 90s died.