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In Pictures: A year of coronavirus 27/01/2021, 8:01 am A staff nurse treats patient Peter Watts, 64, in the Emergency Department at St George’s Hospital in Tooting, south-west London (Victoria Jones/PA) The end of January marks a year since the first cases of coronavirus were reported in the UK. Here, we recall some of the striking images from the past 12 months, as captured by the PA news agency’s photographers. JANUARY 2020 Passengers from a plane carrying British nationals from the coronavirus-hit city of Wuhan in China leave the aircraft after it landed at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfords...

The Government announcing new Christmas guidance, without changing the rules for England, has cast fresh uncertainty over how people should act during the festive period. The tension between advice and law, and their interpretation by the public and authorities, has triggered confusion throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. Commenting on Christmas, Professor Stephen Reicher, from the University of St Andrews – who sits on a sub-group of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), said “policies send huge messages”. He argued that allowing Christmas bubbles sent a strong message tha...