PARAMEDICS have reported an increase in calls amid continuing warnings over air pollution in Essex.
The East of England Ambulance Service said demand was up by six per cent yesterday (April 3) compared with previous Wednesday.
The smog-like atmosphere has been put down to sand blowing up and across the atmosphere from the Saharan desert.
A spokesman for the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST) said: “Although we were busy first thing in the morning and then early evening, it is difficult to say the air pollution was a factor as the number of patients with breathing problems and associated sickness was not markedly high.
“It’s really important that people with long-term conditions which could be exacerbated by the air quality take extra caution to help prevent their health getting worse.”
