Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom (2024) explained

The following is a timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom in 2024.

There are significant differences in the legislation and the reporting between the countries of the UK: England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales. The numbers of cases and deaths are reported on a government Web site updated daily during the pandemic.[1] The UK-wide COVID Symptom Study based on surveys of four million participants, endorsed by authorities in Scotland and Wales, run by health science company ZOE, and analysed by King's College London researchers,[2] publishes daily estimates of the number of new and total current COVID-19 infections (excluding care homes) in UK regions, without restriction to only laboratory-confirmed cases.[3]

Events

January 2024

February 2024

March 2024

April 2024

May 2024

June 2024

July 2024

August 2024

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the UK . UK government COVID-19 Web site. . .
  2. Web site: About this Research . ZOE. 15 July 2020.
  3. Web site: COVID Symptom Study . ZOE. 15 July 2020.
  4. Web site: Michelle Mone husband: We're a scapegoat for PPE failures . 1 January 2024 . 1 January 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
  5. News: Derek Draper: Kate Garraway says husband has died, aged 56 . BBC News. BBC. 5 January 2024.
  6. Web site: Jim . Reed . Covid inquiry postpones vaccine investigation . 10 January 2024 . 10 January 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
  7. Web site: Andrew . Dawkins . Long Covid GP consultations 'cost £23m' . 11 January 2024 . 11 January 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
  8. Web site: Kate . Whannel . Government defends spending £27,000 on wine during Covid . 12 January 2024 . 12 January 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
  9. Web site: Ben . Moore . Alex . Bish . Lauren . Woodhead . Dog attacks: Victims double since pandemic, surgeon says . 12 January 2024 . 14 January 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
  10. Web site: Philippa . Roxby . Covid jab skipped by 44%, entire UK study finds . 16 January 2024 . 17 January 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
  11. Web site: Funded places for Scottish universities to be cut . 16 January 2024 . 16 January 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
  12. Web site: Long Covid: NHS legal action launched by family of girl . 18 January 2024 . 20 January 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
  13. Web site: UK Covid inquiry: Nicola Sturgeon's Covid WhatsApp messages 'all deleted' . 19 January 2024 . 19 January 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
  14. Web site: Covid Inquiry has my informal messages, says Sturgeon . 20 January 2024 . 20 January 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
  15. Web site: Covid Inquiry: Chief medic told staff to delete WhatsApps every day . 22 January 2024 . 22 January 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
  16. Web site: Jason Leitch denies giving Humza Yousaf Covid rule 'workaround' . 23 January 2024 . 23 January 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
  17. Web site: Angus . Cochrane . Scottish officials 'froze' at start of Covid pandemic – academic . 24 January 2024 . 24 January 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
  18. Web site: Aurelia . Foster . Child obesity in pandemic could have lifelong effects, study says . 24 January 2024 . 24 January 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
  19. Web site: Angus . Cochrane . Nicola Sturgeon called Boris Johnson a 'clown', inquiry hears . 25 January 2024 . 25 January 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
  20. Web site: Shelley . Phelps . David . Deans . Covid: Mark Drakeford says he did not delete phone messages . 25 January 2024 . 25 January 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
  21. Web site: Derogatory texts between Humza Yousaf and Jason Leitch released . 26 January 2024 . 26 January 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
  22. Web site: Angus . Cochrane . Covid Inquiry: Michael Gove denies playing politics during pandemic . 29 January 2024 . 29 January 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
  23. Web site: Angus . Cochrane . Covid inquiry: John Swinney manually deleted texts to Nicola Sturgeon . 30 January 2024 . 30 January 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
  24. Web site: Daniel . Davies . WRU: We can talk about Covid loan cost, says Drakeford . 30 January 2024 . 30 January 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
  25. Web site: Angus . Cochrane . Nicola Sturgeon denies Covid decisions were political . 31 January 2024 . 31 January 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
  26. Web site: UK's first private pharmacy COVID-19 vaccine service launched today . 1 February 2024 . 4 February 2024 . C+D .
  27. Web site: Private Covid vaccination service at your local pharmacy . 1 February 2024 . 4 February 2024 . Pharmadoctor .
  28. Web site: Angus . Cochrane . Covid Inquiry: Alister Jack deleted WhatsApps to 'free up storage' . 1 February 2024 . 1 February 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
  29. Web site: Nicola Sturgeon gave phone used during Covid to relative . 2 February 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 2 February 2024.
  30. Web site: Probe launched into Scottish government's informal messages . 4 February 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 4 February 2024.
  31. Web site: Police probe Covid deaths of Irvine care home residents . 10 February 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 10 February 2024.
  32. Web site: Jenny . Rees . Covid inquiry: Doctor's anger at 'form of genocide' in care homes . 24 February 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 25 February 2024.
  33. Web site: David . Deans . Antonia . Matthews . Gething automatically deleted messages, Covid inquiry hears . 27 February 2024 . 27 February 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
  34. Web site: Nathan . Bevan . Covid inquiry: Welsh government 'caught with trousers down' . 28 February 2024 . 28 February 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
  35. Web site: Catriona . Aitken . Steve . Duffy . Daniel . Davies . Covid: Scientist's doubts over Wales care home test delay . 29 February 2024 . 29 February 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
  36. Web site: Covid inquiry: 'No basis' to stop pubs selling alcohol . 1 March 2024 . 1 March 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
  37. Web site: Roy . Martin . Gaby Roslin to host free radio show for Day of Reflection with Radio News Hub . 5 February 2024 . 6 February 2024 . Radio Today.
  38. Web site: David . Deans . Rowenna . Hoskin . Jack . Grey . Covid inquiry: Local lockdowns failed, said Drakeford . 4 March 2024 . 5 March 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
  39. Web site: Miriam . Barker . Covid not top Wales priority in early 2020, inquiry told . 5 March 2024 . 5 March 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
  40. Web site: What does non-dom mean and how are the rules changing? . 6 March 2024 . 1 April 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
  41. Web site: Miriam . Barker . Covid inquiry: Welsh ministers didn't know Covid rules . 7 March 2024 . 8 March 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
  42. Web site: Oliver . Slow . UK Covid inquiry: 'Wales felt like second-class citizens in pandemic' . 12 March 2024 . 12 March 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
  43. Web site: UK ministers 'afraid' of Sturgeon during Covid . 13 March 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 13 March 2024.
  44. Web site: Miriam . Barker . Covid inquiry: Drakeford likens Johnson to absent football manager . 13 March 2024. 13 March 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
  45. Web site: Prison service apology over inmate's Covid death . 19 March 2024 . 19 March 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
  46. Web site: Covid inquiry: Men's masks given to female nurses . 20 March 2024 . 20 March 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
  47. Web site: Sarah . Jones . Covid-19: Kites made to remember people who died . 15 March 2024 . 15 March 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
  48. Web site: Faarea . Masud . Sick people leaving workforce at record highs . 23 March 2024 . 23 March 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
  49. Web site: Simon . Dedman . Lewis . Adams . Sir Bernard Jenkin MP cleared of flouting Covid-19 rules . 27 March 2024 . 27 March 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
  50. Web site: Steve . Duffy . Wales primary schools: Big rise in persistent absence since Covid . 28 March 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 28 March 2024.
  51. Web site: 25 March 2024 . COVID-19: testing from 1 April 2024 . 9 April 2024 . GOV.UK . UK Health Security Agency . en.
  52. Web site: Philippa . Roxby . Long Covid blood clues could prompt future trials . 8 April 2024 . 8 April 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
  53. Web site: Michelle . Roberts . NHS spring Covid booster jab booking service to open . 11 April 2024 . 12 April 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
  54. Web site: Covid Inquiry: Stormont ministers 'found wanting' during pandemic . 30 April 2024 . 30 April 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
  55. Web site: Marie-Louise . Connolly . Aileen . Moynagh . Covid Inquiry: Sir David Sterling accepts Executive 'acted too late' in Covid response . 1 May 2024 . 1 May 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
  56. Web site: Aileen . Moynagh . Marie-Louise . Connolly . Covid Inquiry: Missing notes from executive meeting after Storey funeral found . 3 May 2024 . 3 May 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
  57. Web site: David . Deans . Vaughan Gething told ministers he was deleting messages during Covid . BBC . BBC News . 7 May 2024.
  58. Web site: Conor Murphy to miss Covid inquiry 'on medical advice' . 7 May 2024 . 7 May 2024 . BBC . BBC News.
  59. Web site: James . Gallagher . AstraZeneca to withdraw Covid vaccine . 8 May 2024 . 8 May 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
  60. Web site: Enda . McClafferty . Covid Inquiry: DUP's Poots emotional recalling father's death . 9 May 2024 . 9 May 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
  61. Web site: Jayne . McCormack . Marie-Louise . Connolly . Covid inquiry: Executive meetings to discuss lockdown my 'lowest days' – Swann . 13 May 2024 . 13 May 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
  62. Web site: Marie-Louise . Connolly . Raymona . Crozier . Bobby Storey: Michelle O'Neill says sorry at Covid Inquiry . 14 May 2024 . BBC News . 14 May 2024.
  63. Web site: Gareth . Gordon . Covid inquiry: Notes 'missing' after Storey funeral published . 14 May 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 14 May 2024.
  64. Web site: Jayne . McCormack . Covid Inquiry: Foster rejects suggestion of pandemic 'sleepwalking' . 15 May 2024 . 15 May 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
  65. Web site: Covid Inquiry: Jibes at other ministers among DUP WhatsApps . 15 May 2024 . Brendan . Hughes . 15 May 2024 . BBC . BBC News.
  66. Web site: Sam . Francis . Simon Case: Top civil servant apologises for 'raw' Covid messages . 23 May 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 23 May 2024.
  67. Web site: Dr Anne McCloskey jailed over Covid fine . 12 June 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 12 June 2024.
  68. Web site: Jon . Ironmonger . Government lost £1.4bn on PPE contract with Full Support Healthcare . 25 June 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 25 June 2024.
  69. Web site: Aurelia . Foster . Covid: Is there a summer wave and what are FLiRT variants? . 30 June 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 30 June 2024.
  70. Web site: Covid hospital admissions in Scotland exceed last winter . 5 July 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 8 July 2024.
  71. Web site: Hazel . Shearing . Trial for students suing UCL over Covid teaching set for 2026 . 10 July 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 10 July 2024.
  72. Web site: Aimee . Stanton . Scottish Covid deaths rise as booster vaccine take-up falls . 11 July 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 11 July 2024.
  73. Web site: Covid pandemic: Payout after Cawdor Cars boss coughs in employee's face . 15 July 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 15 July 2024.
  74. Web site: David . Deans . Vaughan Gething: Leaked texts sent to Covid-19 inquiry . 17 July 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 17 July 2024.
  75. Web site: Nick . Triggle . Jim . Reed . UK 'failed citizens' with flawed pandemic plans . 18 July 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 18 July 2024.
  76. Web site: Aleks . Phillips . Covid: Jeremy Hunt apologises for pandemic 'groupthink' . 21 July 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 21 July 2024.
  77. Web site: Rise in summer cases of Covid 'may have peaked' in Scotland . 21 July 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 21 July 2024.
  78. Web site: 2 August 2024 . Government accepts advice on 2024 autumn COVID-19 vaccine programme . 2024-08-04 . GOV.UK . en.
  79. Web site: Steve . Duffy . Michela . Riva . Covid: Old hospitals added to infection risk . 14 August 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 14 August 2024.