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Day of reflection to mark five years since start of Covid-19 pandemic
Events around England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have been organised to mark the anniversary.
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Bereaved families and communities are coming together to mark the fifth anniversary of the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in a nationwide day of reflection.
Hundreds of events and spaces for reflection have been organised by communities to remember those who died.
Sunday will also be a chance to pause and think of the sacrifices made and pay tribute to the frontline health and social care workers, volunteers and researchers who played crucial roles.
The deadly virus shut down the world after it began to spread from Wuhan in China at the beginning of 2020.
The Covid Memorial Wall in London (Matt Crossick/PA)
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The annual day is one of the recommendations set out by the UK Commission on Covid Commemoration, whose chairwoman Baroness Morgan of Cotes said: âIt is right that, as a country, we take the time to remember the Covid-19 pandemic, to reflect on what happened, remember those whose lives were impacted in so many ways and honour those who tragically lost their lives.
âToday is an opportunity for communities to come together to reflect and commemorate their loved ones.â
The bereaved will be join a walk along the National Covid Memorial Wall in London, followed by a ceremony and a minuteâs silence, and flowers being cast from Lambeth Bridge.
They will pass around 3,000 photos of the faces of some of those who died, representing just over 1% of the total death toll in the UK, organisers say.
Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said:Â âThe pandemic impacted us all in different ways, with many sadly losing loved ones and others making great sacrifices in their lives.â
She said she hopes the day will âallow people the space and time to reflectâ and added: âI would encourage everyone to take part in a way that feels right for them.â
NHS Charities Together will pay tribute to the critical role played by the NHS, its workforce and charities in supporting patients and communities during the pandemic.
People get vaccinations (Liam McBurney/PA
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It will be held at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire, which commemorates the thousands of people who died.
The experiences and challenges faced by black, Caribbean and African communities during the pandemic will be honoured in a special prayer service at Manchester Cathedral.
Liverpoolâs St Georgeâs Hall will be cityâs focal  point for the dayâs activities, while a commemoration, speeches and a showing of the Stories From The Pandemic documentary are part of events arranged in Sheffield by the city council and the community-led, NHS-funded programme Compassionate Sheffield.
A piper, choir and minuteâs silence will be part of an outdoor event at Glasgow Green, hosted by Covid-19 Families Scotland.
In Treorchy, South Wales, the bereaved will gather and remember their loved ones and place named flags in a yellow heart made of local stones.
A group set up by bereaved families during the pandemic, called Memory Stones of Love, will hold a remembrance concert in Belfast.
There will be music, poems and readings and they will display their stones with inscriptions of those died during the pandemic.
