The aboriginal case apropos to the advancing COVID-19 communicable in London, England, was accepted on 12 February 2020 in a woman who had afresh accustomed from China. By mid-March, there had been about 500 accepted cases in the city, and 23 deaths; a ages later, the cardinal of deaths had topped 4,000.
London was initially one of the affliction afflicted regions of England. As of 17 June, there were 27,354 cases,[1] and (on 16 June) 6,079 deaths of patients who activated absolute for COVID-19 in London hospitals.[2] This underestimates the absolute deaths attributable to COVID-19; up to 1 May, alone 76% of deaths in London recorded as involving COVID-19 occurred in hospitals.[2] The city's atomic boroughs – Newham, Brent and Hackney – accept been the hardest hit areas in acceding of deaths per 100,000 population. Harrow and Brent had antithesis afterlife ante over three times the civic average.
History
The aboriginal accepted case of COVID-19 in London was detected on 12 February 2020, in a woman who had accustomed from China with the virus a few canicule earlier. She was the ninth accepted case in the UK.[3]
By 17 March, there had been about 500 accepted cases in London and 23 deaths, and Ambassador of London Sadiq Khan appear the London Underground would activate active a bargain account due to the virus.[4] A day beforehand UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson had declared that London's beginning was a few weeks advanced of the blow of the UK.[5] The burghal had apparent the best cases of any UK region, with numbers ascent abundant faster than abroad in the UK.[6]
ONS abstracts showed the cardinal of deaths (4,697) in London due to COVID-19 in the four weeks to 17 April. Of 3,275 London deaths registered in the anniversary catastrophe 17 April, the ONS said COVID-19 was mentioned on added than bisected of all afterlife certificates.[7]
Initially, Southwark and Westminster were the affliction afflicted boroughs.[8] By 18 April, the bristles affliction afflicted boroughs were Brent (1,160 cases), Croydon (1,140), Barnet (1,055), Southwark (1,053) and Lambeth (998).[1] On 3 June, the bristles affliction afflicted boroughs were Croydon (1,511), Brent (1,478), Barnet (1,299), Bromley (1,281), and Southwark (1,274).[1]
On 1 May, Office for Civic Statistics (ONS) abstracts showed the afterlife ante in London's atomic boroughs were the accomplished in the UK, with Newham – 144.3 deaths per 100,000 bodies – the highest, followed by Brent (141.5), and Hackney (127.4).[9][10]
By 18 June, Sixteen of the 20 British bounded authorities recording the accomplished antithesis afterlife ante were in London. Harrow and Brent had antithesis afterlife ante over three times the civic average, at 64% and 63% respectively.[11]
On 25 September 2020, London was placed on the civic coronavirus watchlist afterward a acceleration in cases.[12]
By 6 October, due in allotment to an advance in testing, London's infection amount was added than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases a day, with 16 boroughs advertisement added than 60 new cases per 100,000 people.[13] Two canicule later, 8 October 2020, the Black Standard appear that in the anniversary to 4 October 2020 the basic burghal had recorded 6,723 new COVID-19 infections, an infection amount access of 58.2% on the antecedent week.[14]
Response by sector
National Bloom Service
NHS Nightingale Hospital London
With a aerial cardinal of cases, earlier populations and lower cardinal of pre-COVID-19 analytical affliction beds, commune accepted hospitals, amid about the centre of London were begin in an assay by Edge Health, to accept accomplished cogent demand.[15] On the black of 19 March, Northwick Park Hospital in Harrow said it had no analytical affliction accommodation larboard and was contacting neighbouring hospitals about appointment patients who charge analytical affliction to added sites.[16] On 4 April, Watford Accepted Hospital additionally declared a "critical incident".[17]
Meanwhile, on 24 March, bloom secretary Matt Hancock said that a acting new hospital, the NHS Nightingale Hospital, was to be opened in the ExCeL Centre in east London the afterward week. This analytical affliction hospital would accommodate up to 4,000 added analytical affliction beds for London.[18] The London hospital opened on 3 April,[19] and accustomed its aboriginal patients on 7 April.[20] As added London hospitals added analytical affliction capacity, the Nightingale hospital advised 51 patients in its aboriginal three weeks,[21] and on 4 May was set to be placed "on standby", accepting no added patients.[22]
The cardinal of bodies in London hospitals for COVID-19 ailing on 11 April, according to week-on-week change data.[23]
Public transport
Stay at home and amusing break notices London Underground March 2020
The Waterloo & Burghal line, several tube stations and the Night Tube were abeyant on 19 March,[24] with the Ambassador of London and Carriage for London (TfL) advancement bodies to alone use accessible carriage if actually capital so that it can be acclimated by analytical workers.[25] From 20 March, 40 tube stations were closed.[24] From 25 March, London Underground measures to action the advance of the virus by slowing the breeze of cartage assimilate platforms included the artifice of queuing at admission gates and axis off some escalators.[26]
On 20 March, Southeastern became the aboriginal alternation operating aggregation to advertise a bargain timetable, which would appear into use from 23 March.[27] From 30 March, the Gatwick Express account was abeyant due to decidedly bargain appeal for biking to the airport.[28]
On 21 March, TfL bankrupt the Emirates Air Band cable car until added notice.[29]
On 25 March, London Burghal Airport appear it would briefly abutting due to the coronavirus outbreak.[30] Heathrow Airport bankrupt one aerodrome from 6 April, while Gatwick Airport bankrupt one of its two terminals, and said its aerodrome would accessible for appointed flights alone amid 2pm and 10pm.[31]
London bus with boarding in the average in May 2020
In April, TfL trialled changes auspicious cartage to lath London buses by the average or rear doors to abate the risks to drivers, afterwards the deaths of 14 TfL workers including nine drivers.[32] This admeasurement was connected to all routes on 20 April, and cartage were no best appropriate to pay, so they did not charge to use the agenda clairvoyant abreast the driver.[33]
A arid Harrow-on-the-Hill base during the communicable in August 2020
On 22 April, London ambassador Sadiq Khan warned that TfL could run out of money to pay agents by the end of April unless the government stepped in.[34] Two canicule later, TfL appear it was furloughing about 7,000 employees, about a division of its staff, to advice abate a 90% abridgement in book revenues. Since London entered lockdown on 23 March, Tube journeys had collapsed by 95% and bus journeys by 85%, admitting TfL connected to accomplish bound casework to acquiesce "essential travel" for key workers.[35] Without government banking abutment for TfL, London Assembly associates warned that Crossrail, the Northern band addendum and added projects such as step-free schemes at tube stations could be delayed.[36] On 7 May, it was appear that TfL had requested £2 billion in accompaniment aid to accumulate casework active until September 2020.[37] On 12 May, TfL abstracts warned it accepted to lose £4bn due to the communicable and said it bare £3.2bn to antithesis a proposed emergency account for 2021, accepting absent 90% of its all-embracing income. Without an acceding with the government, agent ambassador for carriage Heidi Alexander said TfL ability accept to affair a "Section 114 notice" – the agnate of a accessible anatomy activity bust.[38] On 14 May, the UK Government agreed £1.6bn in emergency allotment to accumulate Tube and bus casework active until September.[39]
Education
See also: 2020 United Kingdom apprenticeship shutdown
By 17 March, best universities in London had abeyant contiguous acquirements or were planning to do so by 23 March, abounding affective classes online.[40] It was appear on 18 March that schools in London would abutting by 20 March, as in the blow of the UK.[41]
Community Response
Communities accept responded in altered ways.
In Golders Green, the Jewish association has been acclaimed as acerb constant by the coronavirus restrictions. They additionally bankrupt synagogues afore allowable by law and afore places of adoration of added religions.
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