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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?] 24,927,820 confirmed cases, and is associated with 232,112 deaths.
United Kingdom COVID-19 timeline for July–December 2021; Previous period Next period; Graph of COVID-19 cases for July–December 2021 from government data: Timelines for other periods; 2020 Jan-Jun, Jul-Dec; 2021 Jan-Jun, Jul-Dec; 2022 Jan-Jun, Jul-Dec; 2023; 2024; Regions during July–December 2021; England; Northern Ireland; Scotland ...
Omicron (B.1.1.529) is a variant of SARS-CoV-2 first reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) by the Network for Genomics Surveillance in South Africa on 24 November 2021. [10] [11] It was first detected in Botswana and has spread to become the predominant variant in circulation around the world. [12]
The virus, which causes Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), is a novel coronavirus that was first identified in a patient from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on 6 June 2012. Sporadic cases, small clusters, and large outbreaks have been reported in 24 countries, with over 2,600 cases of the virus and over 900 deaths, as of 2021.
e. This article outlines the history of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom (granular timelines can be found here ). Though later reporting indicated that there may have been some cases dating from late 2019, [1] [2] COVID-19 was confirmed to be spreading in the UK by the end of January 2020. [3] The country was initially relatively ...
3 June – Bedford Borough Council announces that door-to-door COVID testing will begin over the coming weekend; Bedford has the fifth highest number of COVID cases in the UK with 158 cases per 100,000. 5 June –
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.
6 February – A third case of coronavirus is confirmed in the UK. [2] 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. [3] [4] 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 Statistics survey. 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.
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.