COVID-19: Two years on... we are finally returning to 'normal'
AFTER two years of lockdowns, jabs and isolation... we will finally be going back to ‘Normal' busy life.
- December 21, 2019: A cluster of patients with “pneumonia of unknown cause” identified in China
● December 31: Chinese authorities contact the World Health Organisation
● January 20, 2020: Cases occur in Japan, South Korea and Thailand
● January 29: Two people in the UK test positive for coronavirus
● February 11: The virus is named Covid-19
● March 5: The first death from Covid-19 in the UK is confirmed
● March 13: The London Marathon is postponed and the Premier League is suspended
● March 18: UK School closures announced
● March 20: Hospitality closures ordered. Furlough scheme announced
● March 23: Lockdown 1 begins
● March 27: Boris Johnson and Health Secretary Matt Hancock test positive for Covid 19
● April 5: The PM is admitted into hospital and later into intensive care
● April 14: Mr Johnson recovers and leaves hospital
● April 23: The UK begins human testing for a Covid-19 vaccine in Oxford
● June: Lockdown eases
● September 14: Restrictions on gatherings in England renewed
● NOVEMBER 5: Lockdown 2
● DECEMBER: Tiers introduced
● December 8: Margaret Keenan, 90, from Britain, is the world’s first person to be vaccinated
● January 6, 2021: The UK enters a third lockdown
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● March: Schools reopen
● April 2: Pubs and restaurants open outdoors; non-essential shops reopen
● July 10: UK reintroduces quarantine-free international travel
● September: Booster jab rollout begins
● November: Cases of a new variant of concern, Omicron, begin to spiral
● Christmas: Deaths and hospitalisations from Omicron stay low and fears of a new lockdown begin to abate
● February 9, 2022: Boris Johnson announces all coronovirus restrictions in the UK are likely to end a month early