Armed Forces now working in hospitals, vaccine centres, and testing across all four nations
Armed Forces now working in hospitals, vaccine centres, and testing across all four nations of the UK to support the coronavirus response
From: Defence medics are supporting NHS hospitals across England and Northern Ireland. Crown copyright.
Over 5,000 Armed Forces personnel are now deployed on the largest ever peacetime resilience operation, across all four of the home nations and focused on three strands of the Covid response - testing, vaccines and clinical support for the NHS.
20 Vaccine Quick Reaction Force teams have now been deployed and a further 21 are standing-up to double the Armed Forces support available for vaccinating.
Sinn Fein's leader in Northern Ireland, Michelle O'Neill, has indicated she will support the use of British military personnel in the battle against the Covid-19 virus.
THE health board in Powys has thanked members of the RAF who are playing their part in supporting the coronavirus vaccine role out in the county A spokesman said: We at Powys Teaching Health Board would like to express our thanks to the six members of the RAF who are supporting us with the roll out of COVID vaccinations. A long way from home, the unit is normally based at RAF Cranwell in Lincolnshire but has settled into helping with the effort to get as many people booked in for their vaccinations in Powys as possible. They have been helping in a wide range of areas, from logistics and supporting people when they come for vaccination to answering phones and booking people in.