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Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces that at least one person in the UK has died after testing positive for the Omicron variant.
2021-12-13

The Gambia reports their first two cases of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 in a 34-year-old man who travelled to the United Kingdom and an 82-year-old woman who also tested positive.
2021-01-14

Wisconsin reports their first case of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 that originated in the United Kingdom.
2021-01-13

Peru reports the first case of the new variant of SARS-CoV-2 from the United Kingdom in a citizen who resides in Lima and had attended a family reunion days before Christmas.
2021-01-8

The United Kingdom reports a record 57,725 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, the highest daily total since the beginning of the pandemic. Another 445 deaths are also reported, bringing the country's death toll to 74,570.
2021-01-2

Taiwan reports its first case of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 after a teenager who returned from the United Kingdom on Sunday tested positive for COVID-19 the following day.
2020-12-30

The government signs a deal with Moderna to secure an additional two million doses of its vaccine candidate, bringing the total to seven million doses for the country.
2020-11-29

The Department of Health and Social Care reports 917 more deaths from COVID-19, bringing the UK's death toll to 9,875. Victims in the latest figures were aged between 11 and 102, while 33 people had no known underlying health conditions.
2020-04-11

The United Kingdom is placed in lockdown. The new measures close all non-essential stores and ban gatherings of more than two people.
2020-03-23

Jet2.com planes return to the United Kingdom after the airline cancelled flights to Balearic Islands and Canary Islands.
2020-03-14