In parliament, in front of hospitals and elsewhere, the United Kingdom immobilized for a minute at noon (14:00 Greek time), to greet the dead and the medical staff of the front line, before the church bells rang.
The country of Europe that mourns the most victims of the pandemic, observed a minute’s silence today as a tribute to its 126,000 dead, a year after the imposition of the first lockdown and a period that is one of the “most difficult” in the history of the country.
This sad anniversary finds the country at a time when the mass vaccination campaign against Covid-19, one of the most advanced in the world, offers the hope of a way out after the severe restrictions imposed in early January, for the third time.
“As we look forward to a better future together, today we pause to reflect on the grief and mourning that so many people and families continue to feel,” Queen Elizabeth II said in a message accompanying a bouquet of flowers she sent to a London hospital. where her husband, Prince Philip, was recently hospitalized.
As part of this “Day of Reflection”, the British are also invited to turn on a light on their doorstep at 8pm, while national monuments such as the London Eye in London will be illuminated.
On the night of March 23, 2020, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced, following the example of other European countries, a UK lockdown with immediate effect, which meant the closure of schools, museums, restaurants and the obligation of citizens to stay at home. The country then recorded more than 330 dead.
A year later, the country is in third place lockdown, which was launched in early January to curb a highly lethal wave attributed to a variant strain of coronavirus, which was first identified in Britain and is more contagious, according to the French Agency and the Athens News Agency. The United Kingdom currently has more than 126,000 deaths, the heaviest death toll in Europe, and more than 4.3 million infections.
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