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Sep 23, 2020 • 8 tweets • 4 min read • Read on X
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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.

telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/09/2… Image
🗓️ 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."

telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/09/2… Image
🗓️ 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.

telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/09/2… Image
🗓️ 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.

telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/09/2… Image
🗓️ 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.

telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/09/2… Image
🗓️ 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.

telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/09/2… Image
What will you remember from the pandemic?

Read the full story behind every key moment here 👇
telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/09/2…

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