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An empty Swanston St at night in the Central Business District as lockdown of Melbourne forces people to stay at home due to the continuing spread of COVID-19.

Melbourne şehir merkezinde Swanston Sokağı'nda sessizlik hakim. Source: AP Photo/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake

Additional defence force personnel are being sent to Victoria to help contain the state's COVID-19 outbreak.

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Additional defence force personnel are being sent to Victoria to help contain the state's COVID-19 outbreak.

On day one of Victoria's "circuit breaker" lockdown thousands of people without appointments have lined for hours trying to get a coronavirus vaccine.

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