It was a tragedy that shocked the nation even at the height of the Covid pandemic – a 28-year-old nurse who died just days after giving birth to her baby girl.
Now, 13 months on, the heartbroken widower of Mary Agyapong is embracing the opportunity to honour the NHS worker with the Remember Me memorial at St Paul’s Cathedral.
Miss Agyapong died from the virus on Easter Sunday last year at the height of the first wave, leaving behind her two young children – days-old baby Mary and toddler son AJ.
Her widower, Ernest Boateng, says the plans for the lasting tribute to coronavirus victims will bring his children ‘much comfort and solace’ as they are forced to grow up without their mother.
Boris Johnson announced that March 8 is the earliest date that ministers hope to start reopening schools
He made clear wider lockdown won t be eased until then, when vulnerable groups should have vaccine cover
Prime Minister admitted to MPs that closures would have a huge impact on education of millions of pupils
He pledged £300million - on top of previous £1billion package - to help fund tutoring and summer schools
The PM said there were no easy answers as Keir Starmer highlighted the UK death toll topping 100,000
Mr Johnson said perpetual lockdown is no answer as he said he will unveil a road map out of lockdown soon
Boris Johnson said he took full responsibility for every action the Government has taken through pandemic
He insisted he and his ministers had done everything we could to limit Covid deaths but admitted it was hard
He described Covid pandemic as an appalling and tragic loss of life and said each victim was to be mourned
But usually cautious Chris Whitty offered a beacon of hope last night, by saying the UK was through the peak
Infection figures were down from 68,000 cases recorded on January 7 to just over 20,000 yesterday, he said