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The following is a timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom in 2024.. There are significant differences in the legislation and the reporting between the countries of the UK: England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales.
7 February – Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces what he describes as "tough targets" to reduce the record NHS waiting lists in England. [36]8 February – Health Secretary Sajid Javid announces plans to help reduce NHS waiting lists in England, but warns numbers will not begin to fall until 2024, and are likely to increase in the short term.
Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in England (January–June 2020) Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in England (July–December 2020) Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in England (2021) Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in England (2022)
England records 0 deaths from COVID-19 over a 24-hour period for the first time since March 2020 1 June 2021 Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces that England's relaxation of COVID-19 restrictions planned for 21 June will be delayed by four weeks, until 19 July. The cap on wedding parties will be removed though. 14 June 2021
1 February – NHS England confirms that every older care home resident in England has been offered a COVID vaccine. [78]Health Secretary Matt Hancock confirms that around 80,000 residents over the age of 16 in areas of Surrey, London, Kent, Hertfordshire, Southport and Walsall are to be asked to take tests for the South African COVID-19 variant after 11 cases were identified that could not be ...
On 22 December the UK topped over 100,000 daily COVID-19 cases for the first time in the pandemic. [344] Preliminary studies reported in the media and referenced by government officials, [ 345 ] [ 346 ] including analysis by the UK Health Security Agency, [ 347 ] suggested that Omicron may result in less severe symptoms than Delta, though this ...
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 23 March 2020, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a nationwide lockdown to curb the widening outbreak of COVID-19.
The COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom is a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 . In the United Kingdom, it has resulted in 25,028,267 [2] confirmed cases, and is associated with 232,112 [2] deaths up to 26 January 2025.