SYDNEY: Troops were set to hit the streets of Sydney on Monday to enforce its prolonged lockdown, as stay-at-home orders in Australia's third-largest city Brisbane were extended to curb a worsening outbreak.

About 300 Australian Defense Force personnel will be deployed in Sydney after New South Wales state police requested military help to enforce Covid-19 rules.

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