Sussex’s emergency services are putting together an unprecedented effort to support the county’s communities during the Coronavirus outbreak.

Yesterday, the Sussex Resilience Force, which is a multi-agency partnership of emergency services, local authorities and other agencies, said it is working closely with the military and NHS to co-ordinate the local response.

Key areas of focus so far have been co-ordinating the volunteer effort in the county, getting additional supplies of PPE and protecting Sussex’s most vulnerable.

Last month, Surrey’s Local Resilience Forum announced it is treating the pandemic as a major incident.