Timeline – A Year of Coronavirus in the UK

UK COVID-19 Timeline

2020
March 23

UK’s first national lockdown is announced

UK’s first national lockdown is announced
Boris Johnson announces the UK’s first national lockdown, ordering people to “stay at home”
March 24

Nightingale Hospital

Nightingale Hospital

Matt Hancock reveals a new Nightingale Hospital with a capacity of 4,000

March 28

UK deaths from coronavirus reach 1,019

UK deaths from coronavirus reach 1,019
April 8

Royal College of Nursing warn the public about the lack of protective equipment for nurses

Royal College of Nursing warn the public about the lack of protective equipment for nurses

Check out some articles about the NHS and Covid:

Ian Sample, ‘Over three-quarters of BAME doctors fear they will contract Covid-19’The Guardian, 18 May 2020

Laura Townsend, ‘BAME nursing staff continue to lack PPE despite increased risks’, Nursing Notes, 28 May 2020

Sarah Marsh and Niamh McIntyre, ‘Six in 10 health workers killed by Covid-19 are BAME’The Guardian, 25 May 2020

 

You can find more articles like the ones above here: NHS – The COVID Files (dmu.ac.uk)

April 16

Lockdown is extended

Lockdown is extended for at least three weeks. The government set out five tests that must be met before restrictions can be eased.

April 23

The first people are injected as part of human trials in the UK for a coronavirus vaccine, lead by Oxford University

The first people are injected as part of human trials in the UK for a coronavirus vaccine, lead by Oxford University
May 5

DMU technicians and lecturers make much needed uniforms and PPE for health workers

May 7

Office for National Statistics suggest black men and women in England and Wales are more than four times more likely to die a coronavirus-related death than white people

Office for National Statistics suggest black men and women in England and Wales are more than four times more likely to die a coronavirus-related death than white people

Check out some article on the impact of Covid on Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities:

 

Aamna Mohdin and Sarah Boseley, ‘Ethnicity and poverty are Covid risk factors, new Oxford modelling tool shows’The Guardian, 16 February 2021

An Avoidable Crisis: The disproportionate impact of Covid-19 on Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities, Baroness Doreen Lawrence, 2020

Ceylan Yuginsu, ‘For U.K’s Minority Women, Economic Toll of Lockdown Lingers’The New York Times, 15 June 2020

 

You can find more article like the ones above here: Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Communities – The COVID Files (dmu.ac.uk)

May 10

Prime Minister announces the plan for lifting restrictions

Boris Johnson announces the conditional plan for lifting lockdown, stating that those who cannot work from home should return to their workplace but avoid public transport.

June 1

Phased re-opening of school is England

Phased re-opening of school is England

As lockdown measures are eased, school children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 6 return to the classroom.

Check out some articles about the impact of remote learning:

Alfie Packham, ‘One in four students unable to access online learning during lockdown-survey’The Guardian, 8 September 2020

Richard Hall and David Batty, ‘’I can’t get motivated’: the students struggling with online learning’The Guardian, 4 May 2020

The Cost of Learning in Lockdown, London: Child Poverty Action Group, 2020

You can find more articles like the ones above here: Education – The COVID Files (dmu.ac.uk)