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Covid deaths: 'Hard to compute sorrow' of 100,000 milestone - PM26 Jan 2021 19:52Boris Johnson says he takes "full responsibility" for the UK government's response to the pandemic.
UK Covid deaths: Why the 100,000 toll is so bad26 Jan 2021 16:41As the number of people who died reaches six figures, the factors that led to this terrible total.
Covid deaths: Four stories in 100,00026 Jan 2021 16:54As the UK records its 100,000th death from Covid within 28 days of a positive test, Catherine Burns speaks to some of the people behind the figures.
Covid-19: UK deaths likely to come down slowly, Whitty warns26 Jan 2021 20:42There will be "a lot more deaths" before the effect of vaccines is felt, England's chief medical officer says.
Covid-19: Five days that shaped the outbreak26 Jan 2021 01:16Before Wuhan was locked down in January 2020 officials said the outbreak was under control - but the virus had spread inside and outside the city.
'We're coping - but it's precarious'26 Jan 2021 12:49The peak of hospital cases may have passed in the south east - but hospitals in the Midlands are still braced for further pressures,

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