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The first NHS nurse died of COVID-19. [129] On 30 March, the Prime Minister's senior adviser Dominic Cummings was reported to be self-isolating after experiencing COVID-19 symptoms. He had been at Downing Street on 27 March and was stated to have developed symptoms over 28 and 29 March.
The UK government had developed a pandemic response plan in previous years. In response to the first confirmed COVID-19 cases in January 2020, the UK introduced advice for travellers coming from affected countries in late January and February 2020, and began contact tracing, although this was later abandoned. [ 1]
e. 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. In December 2021, Heather Hallett was announced ...
The UK government had developed a pandemic response plan in previous years. In response to the first confirmed COVID-19 cases in January 2020, the UK introduced advice for travellers coming from affected countries in late January and February 2020, and began contact tracing, although this was later abandoned. [1]
An inquest into the death of Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe, who died after catching COVID-19 in prison, hears that he refused to shield before contracting the illness. [353] Scientists report that a COVID-19 treatment made from nanobodies, a version of antibodies produced by llamas and camels in response to infection, is showing positive ...
Roughly 1.3 million UK people have "long Covid", symptoms lasting over four weeks following initial infection, according to an Office for National Statisticssurvey. The ONS survey, during four weeks in November and December 2021, claims, of those with long Covid: "51% have fatigue. 37% have loss of smell.
List of departures from the second Johnson ministry. This is a list of resignations from the second government formed by Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Between forming a government on 13 December 2019 after the 2019 general election and his eventual resignation amid a government crisis, Johnson faced the resignation of 10 cabinet ministers (one ...
1 January – The UK government announces that all primary schools in London will remain closed for the start of the winter term. [1]2 January – Teaching unions have told primary school staff it is unsafe to return to school and urged them to implement remote learning as pressure grows on the government to keep schools closed for the first two weeks of January following its decision to do so ...