A year since first lockdown, UK reflects on ‘grief and loss’ amid tribute to frontline workers

A year to the day since Boris Johnson first put the nation beneath lockdown to gradual the fast-spreading coronavirus, Britain paused to keep in mind those that have died after contracting COVID-19 and replicate on a 12-month interval that has turned life the wrong way up.

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On this photograph from 4 April, 2020, Amelie and her sister Camille watch from their entrance window because the lockdown enters its third week together with their dad and mom Victoria and Damian Kerr in Berkhamsted, England. AP Photograph/Elizabeth Dalziel

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Nationwide Well being Service (NHS) employees applaud outdoors the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London throughout the weekly “Clap for our Carers” to present appreciation for well being care workers. Photograph by way of AP/Alberto Pezzali

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A montage of golf equipment closed due to the pandemic. Photograph from AP/Matt Dunham

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British prime minister Boris Johnson gestures after receiving the first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine. Photograph by way of AP/Frank Augstein

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A nurse holds a portray of Prime Minister Boris Johnson clapping with blood on his arms as a part of an indication of NHS workers at hospitals throughout London to demand a 15 p.c increase. Photograph by way of AP/Kirsty Wigglesworth

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On this photograph from Sept. 26, 2020, individuals participate in a “We Do Not Consent” rally at London’s Trafalgar Sq. that was organized by Cease New Regular to protest in opposition to coronavirus restrictions. Picture by way of AP/Frank Augstein