Watch: Look back at the Covid-19 pandemic 2 years since the UK’s first case

See how attitudes rapidly changed towards the strange new virus with the first case identified in the UK on 29 January, 2020
Fionnuala Bourke
By Fionnuala Bourke
Published 28th Jan 2022, 16:30 BST

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It’s two years since the first case of coronarvirus was officially identified in the UK.

Back then no one could have imagined the impact this strange sounding virus could have on our lives.

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Watch our footage of people giving their views on what the reports coming in about Covid-19 and how these changed over time.

Bustling city streets soon became deserted as more and more people became ill with the infection which has claimed so many lives.

With the success of the vaccine programme the picture is looking brighter.

This look back in time shows you just how far we’ve come.

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