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LONDON 鈥� Britain鈥榮 Ministry of Defense on Friday said it had begun the deployment of the听尘颈濒颈迟补谤测听to support听丑辞蝉辫颈迟补濒s experiencing staff shortages and extreme pressures due to record听颁翱痴滨顿-19 cases in the country.

The government said that 200 Armed Forces personnel had been made available to support the National Health Service (NHS) in London for the next three weeks.

叠谤颈迟补颈苍听has seen a surge in coronavirus cases due to the Omicron variant and has reported over 150,000 new cases each day over the last week.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said that England can withstand the surge without new restrictions thanks to vaccination and the lower severity of the variant, but has warned of a challenging few weeks, as听蝉迟补蹿蹿颈苍驳听is disrupted as people self-isolate.

The government has also deployed armed forces to assist with听颁翱痴滨顿-19 testing and vaccination programs.

鈥淥nce again they are stepping up to assist NHS workers who are working round the clock across the capital,听丑别濒辫ing the health service through this difficult winter period where the need is greatest,鈥� health minister Sajid Javid said.

叠谤颈迟补颈苍听has reported nearly 150,000 deaths from听颁翱痴滨顿-19, and, two years into a pandemic, its state-run health service was already facing a morale and听蝉迟补蹿蹿颈苍驳听crisis even before the recent surge in Omicron, a lawmaker report published on Thursday said.

The report said that the听蝉迟补蹿蹿颈苍驳听crisis could derail efforts to catch up with record waiting lists for elective treatment caused by听颁翱痴滨顿-19 disruption.

Chaand Nagpaul, Chair of the Council of the British Medical Association, said that there were unprecedented levels of staff absence in the NHS.

鈥淎lthough the government has resorted to the army听丑别濒辫ing out in London, let鈥檚 not forget we actually have a national problem at the moment,鈥� Nagpaul told Sky 黑料社.

鈥淭his is a national problem and we鈥檝e never known this level of staff absence before.鈥�