COVID-19 Wuhan
January 12, 2020
On 12 January, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that a novel coronavirus had caused a respiratory illness in a cluster of people in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, which had initially come to the attention of the WHO on 31 December 2019.
Read moreUK Chief Medical Officers
January 30, 2020
The four UK Chief Medical Officers (CMOs) raised the UK risk level from low to moderate on 30 January, upon the WHO’s announcement of the disease as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC).
Read moreFirst confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the UK
January 31, 2020
On 31 January, two members of a family of Chinese nationals staying in a hotel in York, one of whom studied at the University of York, became the first confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the UK. Upon confirmation, they were transferred from Hull University Teaching…
Read moreThird confirmed case
February 6, 2020
On 6 February, a third confirmed case, a man who had recently travelled to Singapore and then France, was reported in Brighton. He had been the source of infection to six of his relatives in France, before returning to the UK on 28 January.
Read moreCases in the UK reached eight
February 10, 2020
On 10 February, the total number of cases in the UK reached eight as four further cases were confirmed in people linked to the affected man from Brighton. Globally, the virus had spread to 28 countries. That day, the Secretary of State for Health and…
Read moreTotal of 13 cases in the UK
February 23, 2020
On 23 February, the DHSC confirmed a total of 13 cases in the UK as four new cases in passengers on the cruise ship Diamond Princess were detected. They were transferred to hospitals in the UK
Read moreCases in the UK were reported as 16
February 27, 2020
On 27 February, the total number of confirmed cases in the UK were reported as 16, including the first case in Northern Ireland – a woman who had travelled from the outbreak area in northern Italy, having also stopped in Dublin.
Read moreFirst case in Wales was confirmed
February 28, 2020
On 28 February, the first case in Wales was confirmed in a person who had returned from Northern Italy. The same day, two further cases were confirmed in England, one of whom was a man who became the 20th case of COVID-19 in the UK…
Read moreTotal number of confirmed cases to 23
February 29, 2020
On 29 February, three further cases of the virus were confirmed, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 23, after 10,483 people had been tested. Two of the three affected people had recently returned from Italy while the third had come back from Asia….
Read more36 Cases Confirmed
March 1, 2020
On 1 March, a further 13 cases were reported, adding Greater Manchester and Scotland to the list of areas affected and bringing the total to 36, three of which were believed to be contacts of the case in Surrey who had no history of travel…
Read moreUK CMOs raised the risk to the UK from moderate to high
March 12, 2020
On 12 March, the total of cases in the UK was reported to be 590. On the same day, the UK CMOs raised the risk to the UK from moderate to high. The government advised that anyone with a new continuous cough or a fever…
Read moreMany sporting fixtures postponed
March 13, 2020
On 13 March, the number of confirmed cases rose by 208 to 798 confirmed cases, with the first death from Coronavirus being reported in Scotland. Many sporting fixtures, including the London Marathon, the Six Nations Wales vs Scotland fixture, and all Premier League and EFL…
Read moreCases rose to 1,372
March 15, 2020
On 15 March, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock announced that everyone in Britain over the age of 70 would be told to self-isolate “within the coming weeks”.That day, the number of cases rose to 1,372 and the number of…
Read morePM Avoid Pubs
March 16, 2020
On 16 March, the UK death toll rose to 55, with the number of cases of the illness passing 1,500. The deaths included the first to be reported in Wales. Also on 16 March, Prime Minister Boris Johnson advised everyone in the UK against “non-essential”…
Read morePM Lockdown
March 23, 2020
On 23 March, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced in a television broadcast that measures to mitigate the virus were to be tightened further in order to protect the NHS, with wide-ranging restrictions made on freedom of movement, enforceable in law, for a planned “lockdown” period…
Read morePlan for testing people for the virus
April 2, 2020
On 2 April, Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced a “five pillar” plan for testing people for the virus, with the aim of conducting 100,000 tests a day by the end of April. Hancock was speaking at the daily government briefing after ending his seven-day period…
Read morePM goes to hospital
April 5, 2020
On 5 April, Queen Elizabeth II made a rare, royal address to the UK and the wider Commonwealth, something she has done (outside of the Royal Christmas Message and her Diamond jubilee) on only four previous occasions. Later that evening it was announced that the…
Read morePM in ICU
April 6, 2020
On 6 April, Prime Minister Boris Johnson was moved to the intensive care unit at St Thomas’ Hospital in London as his symptoms worsened.
Read moreDeaths increased by 786 taking the total to 6,159
April 7, 2020
On 7 April the number of reported deaths increased by 786 taking the total to 6,159. The figure compared with 439 deaths for the previous day. Sir Patrick Vallance, the government’s chief scientific adviser, told the Downing Street daily briefing that the figures were not…
Read moreStarting to see the impact!
April 9, 2020
On 9 April the number of recorded deaths increased by 881, taking the total to 7,978. Dominic Raab said the UK was “starting to see the impact” of the restrictions but that it was “too early” to lift them, and urged people to stay indoors…
Read moreDeaths rose by 761 to 12,868
April 15, 2020
On 15 April the number of recorded deaths rose by 761 to 12,868. Matt Hancock announced new guidelines that would allow close family members to see dying relatives in order to say goodbye to them.
Read moreApril 16, 2020
On 16 April Dominic Raab told the Downing Street daily briefing that lockdown restrictions would continue for “at least” another three weeks, and to relax them too early would “risk wasting all the sacrifices and all the progress that has been made”
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