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News9 hrs agoCoronavirus: AA to help London Ambulance Service repairs
By Jessie Mathewson @_jessiewithani
CORONAVIRUS
Last week, 15 per cent of Ambulance Service staff were off sick (Photo: LAS).
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The AA will give 24-hour breakdown cover to the London Ambulance Service to get emergency teams back on the road during the coronavirus outbreak.
Britain’s biggest ambulance service is facing “unprecedented” pressure as Covid-19 hits the capital – with 8,000 999 calls every day.
There are now more than 6,500 confirmed cases of coronavirus in London, and 468 people have died, according to Government and NHS data.
But last week, the ambulance service said 900 of its 6,000 staff were off work sick or self-isolating – a 15 per cent hit to the workforce at a time of extreme demand.