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COVID-19 pandemicin the United Kingdom,British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. On 23 March 2020, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a nationwide lockdown to curb a widening outbreak of COVID-19, closing many sectors and ordering the public to stay at home. This was incrementally lifted, starting from several weeks later.
1 July – Office for National Statistics data suggests COVID-19 cases in the UK are rising again, with 2.3 million people infected with the virus, around one in 30, in the week ending 24 June. The statistics show a 32% rise on the previous week, with the Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 variants thought to be responsible for the rise.
Far-right anti-immigration protests and riots occurred in the United Kingdom [b] from 30 July to 5 August 2024. [a] This followed a mass stabbing in Southport on 29 July in which three children were killed, with the riots involving racist attacks, arson and looting.
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 [ until when? ] 24,971,207 [ 2 ] confirmed cases, and is associated with 232,112 [ 2 ] deaths.
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.
6 February – A third case of COVID-19 is confirmed in the UK. [ 11] 10 February – The total number of cases in the UK reaches eight as four further cases are confirmed in people linked to an affected man from Brighton. [ 12][ 13] 11 February – A ninth case is confirmed in London.
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.
Bingo halls also reopen. [ 209] Over 6,000 vaccinations have been carried out in the Bolton area over the preceding weekend as health officials seek to control the spread of Indian variant COVID. [ 210] 18 May – People in England aged 37 become eligible for their first COVID vaccine. [ 211] 19 May –.