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Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits a Covid vaccination centre at the Rainbow Pharmacy in the Open University Campus, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, Wednesday Dec. 29, 2021. (Geoff Pugh/pool photo via AP)

U.K. reports surge in COVID deaths, builds temporary wards

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A view of the Order of Service for the funeral of Captain Tom Moore at Bedford Crematorium, in Bedford, England, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021. Tom Moore, the 100-year-old World War II veteran who captivated the British public in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic with his fundraising efforts died, Tuesday Feb. 2, 2021. (Joe Giddens/Pool Photo via AP)

WWII plane fly-past honors Captain Tom Moore at funeral

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FILE - In this Friday, July 17, 2020 file photo, Captain Sir Thomas Moore poses for the media after receiving his knighthood from Britain's Queen Elizabeth, during a ceremony at Windsor Castle in Windsor, England. Tom Moore, the 100-year-old World War II veteran who captivated the British public in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic with his fundraising efforts, has died, Tuesday Feb. 2, 2021. (Chris Jackson/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Capt. Tom Moore, WWII vet whose walk cheered UK, dies at 100

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UK to vaccinate out of pandemic by looking to local GPs

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The London Eye on the bank of the River Thames is lit with blue lights to show support for the NHS in London, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. Buildings across the country are being lit with blue lights to thank the work by NHS staff in caring for people during the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

London’s field hospital to be used amid acute COVID pressure

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Signs for the COVID-19 Vaccination Centre at the Royal Free Hospital in London, Monday Dec. 7, 2020, as preparations are made ahead of the coronavirus vaccination programme from Tuesday. (Dominic Lipinski/Pool via AP)

UK starts virus campaign with a shot watched round the world

By DANICA KIRKA - Associated Press

Keira Bell speaks to the media outside the Royal Courts of Justice in central London, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020. Britain’s High Court has ruled that children under 16 years old who are considering gender reassignment are unlikely to be able to give informed consent to medical treatment involving drugs that delay puberty. The case was brought by two claimants against a National Health Service trust that runs the U.K.’s public gender identity development service for children. Bell, one of the claimants, who was prescribed hormone blockers at 16, argued that the clinic should have challenged her more over her decision to transition to a male. (Sam Tobin/PA via AP)

UK court rules against clinic in puberty blocking drugs case

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In this undated file photo issued by the University of Oxford, a volunteer is administered the coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University, in Oxford, England. With major COVID-19 vaccines showing high levels of protection, British officials are cautiously — and they stress cautiously — optimistic that life may start returning to normal by early April. Even before regulators have approved a single vaccine, the U.K. and countries across Europe are moving quickly to organize the distribution and delivery systems needed to inoculate millions of citizens. (University of Oxford/John Cairns via AP, File)

With hope high for vaccine, Britain prepares to roll it out

By Danica Kirka - Associated Press

People drink and dine out in Chinatown, London, Monday Sept. 14, 2020. New rules preventing gatherings of more than six people go into effect in England, Scotland and Wales on Monday, in an effort to simplify directives meant to prevent the spread of COVID-19. (Yui Mok/PA via AP)

Shortage of virus tests in UK hurts effort to fight 2nd wave

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UK report: Medical treatments caused many ‘avoidable harm’

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Textile artist Brooke Dennis, who is originally from New Zealand, makes scrubs for NHS (National Health Service) staff to wear during the coronavirus outbreak, at her textiles and craft studio called Make Town, in east London, Thursday, April 23, 2020, as part of the Scrub Hub network of voluntary community groups. The Scrub Hub just wanted to help, but they created a movement with some 70 hubs employing the skills of more than 2,200 volunteers all over the nation responding to the coronavirus pandemic, with a template for PPE, a pattern that so far has made more than 3,800 sets of scrubs for healthcare workers. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Power of the needle: 4 women help UK docs needing scrubs

By DANICA KIRKA - Associated Press

A recent but undated photo of Dr. Amged El-Hawrani. El-Hawrani, a 55-year-old father of one died March 28 at Glenfield Hospital in Leicester, becoming one of the first frontline doctors in Britain's National Health Service to lose his life in the pandemic. (Photo via AP)

Lives Lost: Sudan-born doctor saw himself as ordinary Briton

By DANICA KIRKA - Associated Press

In this photo taken in early 2020 Dr. Amged El-Hawrani poses for a photo with his friend and colleague Dr Ahmed Haroun. During a pandemic, heroes wear scrubs. Amged El-Hawrani was one of them, a doctor who went to work every day as the coronavirus pandemic took hold even though he might be exposed, risking his own life. The 55-year-old died on March 28, becoming one of the first doctors in Britain’s National Health Service to succumb to COVID-19 and a symbol of the acute danger all health workers brave. (Amged El-Hawrani via AP)

Lives Lost: Sudan-born doctor saw himself as ordinary Briton

By DANICA KIRKA - Associated Press

In an image made from video taken on April 22, 2020, New Zealand nurse Jenny McGee speaks about her efforts to help save coronavirus patient British Prime Minister Boris Johnson during an interview in London. McGee was one of two National Health Service nurses who were singled out for praise by the British Prime Minister after he was discharged from St. Thomas’ Hospital in London earlier this month. Johnson, 55, was the first world leader confirmed to have the virus. (TVNZ via AP)

Nurse Jenny from New Zealand recounts treating Boris Johnson

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Doctor Meenal Viz holds a banner as she protests outside Downing Street in London, as the country is in lockdown to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, Sunday, April 19, 2020. The doctor who is pregnant protested about the lack of PPE and protection for NHS health workers. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Reverence for Britain’s NHS complicates supply shortages

By DANICA KIRKA - Associated Press