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The COVID-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom was a series of stay-at-home orders introduced by the British and devolved governments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 23rd March 2020, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a nationwide lockdown to curb the widening outbreak of COVID-19. This involved closing many sectors and ordering the ...
The following is a timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom from January 2020 to June 2020. There are significant differences in the legislation and the reporting between the countries of the UK: England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales. The number of cases and deaths are reported on a government Web site updated daily ...
March 2020. 5 March – The first death from coronavirus in the UK is confirmed, [ 9] as the number of cases exceeds 100, with a total of 115 having tested positive. England's Chief Medical Officer, Chris Whitty, tells MPs that the UK has now moved to the second stage of dealing with COVID-19 – from "containment" to the "delay" phase.
The National Covid Memorial Wall in London is a public mural painted by volunteers to commemorate victims of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. [1] Started in March 2021 and stretching more than one-third mile (five hundred metres) along the South Bank of the River Thames, opposite the Palace of Westminster, [2] the mural consists of approximately 240,000 red and pink hearts, one for ...
Headlines of the Evening Standard on the day of London bombing on 7 July 2005, at Waterloo station Unloading the Evening Standard at Chancery Lane Station, November 2014. The Evening Standard, formerly The Standard (1827–1904), is a long-established newspaper, since 2009, a local free newspaper in tabloid format, with a website on the Internet, published and distributed in London, England.
The COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom is a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). In the United Kingdom, it has resulted in [until when?] 24,974,629 [2] confirmed cases, and is associated with 232,112 [2] deaths.
Part of protests over responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Anti-lockdown protest march in London, April 2021. Date. 20 April 2020 – 18 March 2022. (1 year, 10 months, 3 weeks and 5 days) Location. United Kingdom, particularly London. Caused by. Opposition to the British government response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
UK COVID-19 Inquiry. The UK Covid-19 Inquiry is an ongoing, independent public inquiry into the United Kingdom 's response to, and the impact of, the COVID-19 pandemic, and to learn lessons for the future. Public hearings began in June 2023. Boris Johnson announced the inquiry in May 2021, to start in Spring 2022.