The Australian state of Victoria on Tuesday that military personnel will be deployed to enforce Covid-19 lockdown orders, amid growing concerns about attacks on police.
Australia, once heralded as a global leader in containing Covid-19, is desperately trying to slow the spread of the virus in the populous state to prevent a national second wave of infections.
But authorities warned police were facing a sometimes violent resistance, often by so-called 'sovereign citizens' groups who considered themselves above the law.