Iain Watts

Men in masks look out of a quarantined block of flats at Arrowe Park hospital, after the first group of British people were repatriated to the UK from Wuhan, where the COVID 19 outbreak began.  Despite extreme efforts to contain the virus the outbreak hit the UK hard in the following weeks.

The M62 motorway is almost deserted in the middle of the day after the UK went into lockdown following the COVID 19 outbreak

A deserted Liverpool city centre during the nationwide lockdown

A nearly deserted Liverpool city centre during the nationwide lockdown

WWII Navy veteran Doug Farrington salutes at his window on VE Day during the nationwide coronavirus lockdown.  

An elderly couple wear face masks as they take their allotted daily exercise in Princes Park, Liverpool.

Police remonstrate with members of the public defying the lockdown rules in Sefton Park, Liverpool. 

NHS staff at Liverpool Royal University Hospital show their appreciation during the weekly show of support for the NHS

Staff at Aintree University hospital applaud during the weekly show of appreciation for NHS workers fighting the COVID 19 outbreak

WWII veteran Eric Bradshaw waves to his daughter through the window of his room at Anchor’s Millfield care home in Oldham, Gtr Manchester, where he was self-isolating having tested positive for Covid-19

A violinist plays to his neighbours during the weekly show of appreciation for NHS workers fighting the COVID 19 outbreak

Staff at Aintree University hospital stand in silence in honour of NHS workers who died fighting the COVID 19 outbreak.  Two of their colleagues tragically lost their lives.

Staff atWhiston Hospital in Merseyside stand in silence during the weekly show of appreciation for NHS workers fighting the COVID 19 outbreak

Flt Lft James Barker in PPE during COVID 19 testing at a temporary station in Blackpool