US EditionUK commits to ensuring ‘poignant’ COVID memorial wall in London will be preserved
The memorial honors approximately 240,000 COVID-19 deaths and key workers, with volunteers maintaining more than a half-kilometer of heart-painted stones.
- On Thursday, the British government announced it will preserve the 8-foot-high Portland stone National COVID Memorial Wall on the south side of the River Thames opposite the Houses of Parliament to commemorate 240,000 virus-related deaths and honor key workers.
- In March 2021, the memorial was established without official authorisation on a half-kilometer stretch of the Albert Embankment, created by COVID-19 Bereaved Families for Justice and Led by Donkeys and now maintained by The Friends of the Wall.
- Volunteers refresh each heart weekly with long-lasting masonry paints, and the memorial's length means it can take ten minutes to walk end to end.
- Officials pledged to back new spaces for reflection, with Fiona Twycross describing the wall as `a poignant and powerful reminder` and stating `Today, we commit to ensuring that those who died are not forgotten`.
- A national inquiry that began two years ago continues into 2027 as ministers from the previous Conservative government, including Boris Johnson, faced criticism over the March 23, 2020 lockdown delay amid the U.K.'s deadly outbreak.
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