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Victoria requests help from ADF and other states amid spike in COVID cases

 

Victoria has formally requested assistance from the Australian Defence Force in containing the spread of coronavirus.

 

Other states will also be called into action after the Victorian government asked for help on Wednesday afternoon.

 

The state reported its eighth consecutive day of double-digit new cases of coronavirus on Wednesday.

 

In a statement, a state government spokesperson said the initial assistance from other states would focus on testing and community awareness.

 

“Victoria has requested the assistance of other states as we continue to ramp up testing and community awareness in key coronavirus hot spots,” the spokesperson said.

 

“This support will mean we can get even more tests done and results back quickly – and a stronger effort to remind Victorians if you are sick, stay home and get tested.

 

“We thank our neighbouring states for agreeing to provide this support – which will ensure we keep Victorians safe.”

 

The ADF’s role is still being determined.

 

In other states, personnel had been instrumental in the maintenance of hotel quarantine facilities.

 

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews was asked on Tuesday whether he would request the help of the ADF.

 

He said it was unnecessary, and having more nurses would be more suitable.

 

“I’m very grateful to the prime minister’s offers of support right across the board,” he said then.

 

“There will be more staff in those settings, and I think that probably the best staff to have in those settings, more of them, are people that have got a clinical background.”

 

Security contractors have been used to maintain hotels being used as mandatory quarantine facilities.

 

However, several have become carriers for coronavirus after becoming infected.

 

Clusters have been linked to outbreaks among contractors at the Rydges and Stamford Plaza hotels.

 

Victoria on Wednesday recorded 20 new cases of coronavirus.

 

Only one was a recently-returned traveller.

 

The remaining 19 are believed to be locally transmitted.

 

There have been 128 new cases of COVID-19 in the state in the past seven days.

 

A Victorian man in his 80s died overnight, Australia’s first coronavirus death in more than a month, taking the Victorian toll to 20 and the national tally to 103.

 

7news.com.au/lifestyle/health-wellbeing/victoria-requests-help-from-adf-and-other-states-amid-spike-in-covid-cases-c-1122137