Boris Johnson promises 'fitting and permanent' memorial to 126,000 Britons killed by coronavirus


Boris Johnson promises a ‘fitting and permanent’ memorial to 126,000 Britons killed by coronavirus as he faces the country on the first anniversary of Britain entering lockdown

Boris Johnson threw his backing behind an official memorial to the UK’s thousands of Covid dead tonight.

As he fronted a press conference on the first anniversary of the UK lockdown the Prime Minister promised a ‘fitting and permanent’ commemoration.

He said that the ‘whole period’ will be commemorated ‘at the right moment’, along with the 126,000 people killed buy the deadly disease in the UK over the past year.

Addressing the brutal impact of the pandemic on Britain, he told the press conference: ‘For month after month, our collective fight against coronavirus was like fighting in the dark against a callous and invisible enemy until science helped us to turn the lights on and gain the upper hand.’ 

As he fronted a press conference on the first anniversary of the UK lockdown the Prime Minister promised a 'fitting and permanent' commemoration.

As he fronted a press conference on the first anniversary of the UK lockdown the Prime Minister promised a ‘fitting and permanent’ commemoration.

Mr Johnson has said the nation is ‘step by step, jab by jab’ on the path to ‘reclaiming our freedoms’.

He told the Downing Street press conference: ‘It’s thanks to all of you therefore that we can continue on our road map to freedom.

‘We will meet our targets, offering a first dose to everyone over 50 by the middle of next month, as well as those under 50 who are clinically vulnerable, and offering a first dose of a vaccine to every adult by the end of July.

‘And cautiously but irreversibly, step by step, jab by jab, this country is on the path to reclaiming our freedoms.’

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