The Australian Government is deploying additional defence personnel to Victoria to support the state’s Covid-19 response efforts. The extra 1,000 Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel will focus on areas such as contact tracing data management and analysis, support supply and logistics, testing in metro, regional/rural and tourist locations, assist in expanding Ambulance Victoria’s response capabilities and more. The deployment will continue over the next four weeks. The existing contingent of more than 400 personnel are expected to remain in the state up to 19 August.

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