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Here’s a look back at some of the key events of the Covid pandemic on the two year anniversary of the first lockdown on 23 March 2020

Remember Boris Johnson attempting to allay the public’s anxiety about the strange spreading coronavirus disease on 3 March 2020?

He was on TV telling us how he had shaken hands with patients suffering from it in hospital. It came as SAGE advised everyone against shaking hands with anyone - whether they were in hospital with coronavirus or not.

The next day a lady in her 70s became the first known person to die of Covid in the UK

We’ve come a long way since then, thankfully - here’s a look at the key events of Covid pandemic over the last two years.

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Covid lockdown anniversary: the key events of the pandemic since 2020

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