As a damning report finds all four UK governments failed to appreciate the scale of the threat posed by COVID-19 or the urgency of the response the pandemic required, Sky News takes a look at the UK's response to the pandemic as it unfolded.

2020

9 January: First COVID death

A 61-year-old man dies in Wuhan, China, after being infected with a new coronavirus. Wuhan is soon identified as the epicentre of the virus outbreak, which quickly spreads.

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30 January: First COVID death in the UK

The virus starts infecting people in the UK but goes unnoticed. In Kent, 84-year-old Peter Attwood, from Chatham, dies in hospital. It's believed to be the first known death from the virus ou

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