Britain's 1,640-foot-long National Covid Memorial Wall stretches along the River Thames, with over a quarter million hearts representing the lives lost during the pandemic — across from Parliament.
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Six years ago in the spring, as COVID-19 cases grew in distant China, Britain was torn between sealing the country off... [1425 chars]