give the british people a very simple instruction you must stay at home, because the critical thing you must do to stop the disease spreadin between households, that is wh people will only be allowed to leave their home for the following very limited purposes feels a lot longer, but i was two years ago today that the country went into its firs national lockdown. to mark the second anniversary a series of events will take place across the uk. it comes as a comprehensiv analysis of excess deaths in england and wales, has reveale that covid caused fewe fatalities than in many othe european nations our science correspondent ha more people have been just die during the pandemic because of the virus, they died of othe causes too and that s made clear by the most complete analysis so fa of excess deaths according to the office fo national statistics, almos