It has now been half a year since Prime Minister Boris Johnson put the UK on lockdown.
Here are six events that have punctuated the past six months 👇
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🗓️ March 26
👏 On our doorsteps banging pots, pans and bin lids
The initiative was supported by the Royal family, politicians, footballers and people from all walks of life up and down the country.
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🗓️ April 5
👑 Her Majesty addresses the nation
The Queen evoked memories of Britain’s Blitz spirit as she likened the pain of coronavirus lockdown to wartime separation, but promised the nation: "We will meet again."
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🗓️ April 6
🏥 The PM is taken to intensive care with the virus
Boris Johnson was given oxygen after suffering breathing difficulties but was not placed on a ventilator.
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🗓️ April 12
🚗 Dominic Cummings takes a trip to Barnard Castle
The country erupted in anger over revelations that Boris Johnson's senior adviser and his wife drove 260 miles to his parents’ home in Durham during lockdown.
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🗓️ April 17
🎖️ Captain Tom walks to victory
The 100-year-old Second World War veteran raised almost £33 million for health service charities by walking laps of his Bedfordshire garden.
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🗓️ May 13
💼 Furlough scheme extended
The Treasury said it would pay millions of workers' wages for most of 2020, with Rishi Sunak extending the furlough scheme until the end of October.
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What will you remember from the pandemic?
Read the full story behind every key moment here 👇
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