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COVID-19 in the UK: Public Health England reports that the UK's vaccination programme has prevented an estimated 60,000 deaths and 22,057,000 infections. [279] [280] Climate change in the UK: according to the latest State of the UK Climate report published by the Met Office, 2020 was the third warmest, fifth wettest and eighth sunniest year on ...
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 ...
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh died 9 April 2021. 9 April – Buckingham Palace announced the death of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh at the age of 99. [5] 6 May – A series of elections are due to take place for local councils and directly elected mayors in England, police and crime commissioners in England and Wales; London Assembly election
Home Secretary Priti Patel calls the footage "upsetting" and says she has asked the Met for a "full report on what happened". [334] Data produced by accountants PricewaterhouseCoopers indicates that 17,500 retail outlets closed in the UK during 2020, but the company says the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the high street is yet to be felt ...
When UK voters elect a new government on July 4, the health of the world’s sixth-biggest economy will likely be the main factor in deciding the outcome.
A second wave, with a new variant that originated in the UK becoming dominant, began in the autumn and peaked in mid-January 2021, and was deadlier than the first. The UK started a COVID-19 vaccination programme in early December 2020. Generalised restrictions were gradually lifted and were mostly ended by August 2021.
The UK records 51,870 daily COVID cases, the first time the number of daily cases has passed 50,000 since January 2021. [ 58 ] Fully vaccinated travellers returning to England and Wales from France will still be required to quarantine for 10 days after 19 July, it is announced, because of persistent cases of the Beta variant .
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