The loved ones were remembered on the fifth anniversary of the beginning of Kovid

People are coming together to mark the fifth anniversary of the Kovid -19 epidemic in a nationwide day of reflection.

Emotional scenes were played across the country on Sunday as mourning bereaved and their communities hosted hundreds of programs.

Prime Minister Sir Kir Stmper said: “As we mark five years after the outbreak of Kovid -19 epidemic, I know that there is deep sorrow and disadvantage for many people that can never be relieved.”

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In London, condolences can be heard as bereaved relatives led by a highland piper, joining Well Vicers to walk next to the National Kovid Memorial Wall.

The organizers said 3,000 photos of some of them were passed, which represent more than 1% of the total death from Kovid in the UK.

The London Fire Brigade Firebot brought the song of the songs and a water cannon salute to the Temes from the Firebot.

A minute’s silence was held after Big Ben’s chime and long -lasting red carnations were put into the Tames River.

Lynn Jones fought tears as she remembered her “fit and healthy” 66 -year -old husband Gareth, who died of a virus after spending seven weeks in the hospital “.

He told those who gathered in the London incident that Kovid wall is “an expression of so many emotions – anger, love, sorrow, pain and unbearable sadness”.

In the National Memorial Arboratum at Burton-on-Trent, well-wishers heard a new poem by writer, poet, broadcaster and former Children’s Laurel Michael Rosen, who spent time in the hospital with Kovid during the epidemic and Was placed in an induced coma,

Across the UK, only 227,000 people died, who had the virus listed as the cause of death – with more than 16,000 in Scotland.

In a reflection incident in Glasgow Green, people sang a song and read a poem to take people to a minute’s silence.

Pigeons were issued and a wreath was also involved in the incident, a plaque unveiling and individual yellow roses were left in memory of loved ones.

Earlier, Scotland’s first minister John Swine, who attended the Glasgow ceremony, sent his “deep condolences” to those who lost loved ones during the epidemic.

Before service, he said: “Children stopped going to school, many shops and businesses closed, and we were no longer able to spend time with friends and family as usual.”

Other events include a special prayer service in Manchester Cathedral and a memory concert with music, poems and readings in Belfast.