The Ministry of Defence (MoD) have said they have loaned 200 members from the armed forces to provide support to NHS ambulance services.
Military personnel from all three services are to support five ambulance trusts across the country.
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said, “Our armed forces always step forward at the appearance of threats to the country and its people.
“Across the United Kingdom, soldiers, sailors, airmen and women have got the backs of our NHS colleagues as they confront coronavirus.”
Professor Yvonne Doyle, the Medical Director at Public Health England warned on Sunday’s Downing Street press briefing that the coronavirus peak has not yet hit.
She said that North West Yorkshire and the North East have seen a spike in infected people being treated in hospitals for coronavirus.
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