The Welsh Ambulance Service has said more than 90 soldiers from the British Army will again be called in to support its teams from Wednesday to help deal with the “extreme pressure” on their services.
Soldiers previously answered the call to drive ambulances and accompany paramedics in Wales back in April ahead of the anticipated surge in demand on staff during the first wave of coronavirus.
The ambulance service’s chief executive Jason Killens said: “The extreme pressure on our ambulance service in the last couple of weeks has been well documented, and it’s why we’ve taken the decision to re-enlist the military, who did a superb job of assisting us earlier in the year.”
It comes as a total of 2,756 deaths registered in England and Wales in the week ending December 11 mentioned Covid-19 on the death certificate, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
This is down from 2,835 deaths in the week to December 4 – a fall of 3%.
It is the second week a in row that the number of deaths has decreased.
Nearly a quarter (22.4%) of all deaths registered in England and Wales in the week to December 11 mentioned Covid-19 on the death certificate.
