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1 JUST 20. On the same day, the first British Covid- 19 death was confirmed: an unnamed man who caught the virus while on the Diamond Princess cruise liner, which had been quarantined in Japan due to an outbreak.

2 NADINE Dorries. The Tory MP for Mid Bedfordshire developed symptoms after attending an official event, hosted by the Prime Minister, on March 5. Her mother, aged 84, also contracted the virus, a week later.

3 THE 36- year- old wrote a post on Instagram calling for people to step outside their front doors on Thursday, March 26, and ‘ clap for carers’. It became the first of 12 events that would see millions clapping, cheering, banging pots and pans and setting off fireworks in appreciation of NHS workers.

4 KAWASAKI disease, which causes the swelling of blood vessels that supply the heart. Scientists have since renamed the Covid-related condition Paediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome Temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2, or PIMS-TS.

5 SIR Ian McKellen. The 81-year-old, who played Gandalf in the Lord Of The Rings films, had the jab at Queen Mary’s University Hospital in London on Thursday. He said: ‘Anyone who has lived as long as I have is alive because they have had previous vaccinations.’

6 DOMINIC Cummings claimed that after recovering from coronavirus symptoms that affected his vision, he drove 30 minutes from his family estate in Durham to Barnard Castle to ‘test his eyesight’.

7 ADELE. The 32-year-old Londonborn singer had reportedly lost seven stone since her 2016 tour, and svelte-looking pictures she posted on Instagram in May caused a huge stir. She has never spoken about how or why she did it.

8 VEGAN steak bake. The launch marked the start of Veganuary – a month-long campaign promoting the meat-free lifestyle. Piers, who’d tried Greggs’s hugely popular vegan sausage roll the year before, said: ‘I’m not going to try it, I vomited last time. It’s a total con.’

9 LOW- calorie meal- replacement shakes and soups. Trials showed the intervention, along with expert advice for increasing exercise, resulted in remission for half of patients which lasted at least a year after the diet ended. As part of the first stage of the NHS plan, 5,000 type 2 diabetics in ten areas will be offered the treatment.

10 A BAN on TV and online adverts before 9pm for foods high in fat, sugar and salt. A ban on ‘buy one get one free’ deals on similar foods. Calorie labels on menus in cafes and restaurants – including alcoholic drinks.

11 CUSTARD creams. Diet-book authors claimed by including the treat in the box of essential foods, officials risked fuelling Britain’s obesity crisis. This, unsurprisingly, was widely criticised, including in these pages.

12 CYCLING. Specifically, road-testing a new electric bike which ended in the 61-year-old falling backwards on to concrete. Cowell had a six-hour operation to insert a metal rod into his spine. Last week it was revealed he is back on his feet, walking five miles daily.

13 MORE than 45,000 runners took part in the 2020 London Marathon, tracking their progress via an app.

14 CHANCELLOR Rishi Sunak, who admitted he has attended a few classes in London with wife Akshata.

15 SIR Bobby Charlton. His diagnosis came a week after the death of England team-mate Nobby Stiles, 78, and three months after the death of his brother Jack, 85 – both from dementia. In February, the Football Association announced a ban on heading the ball in youth training sessions, amid mounting fears about its links with the disease, in an attempt to protect developing brains.

16 BLADDER cancer. Tracey Emin revealed she’d been diagnosed during the summer and had surgery to remove her bladder, ovaries and part of her vagina. She wrote at the time: ‘I said to the doctors, “So I’m going to lose a load of weight and have a really tight vagina – and this is bad?” ’

17 THE symptoms reminded Davina of her younger days, when she abused drugs. The former Big Brother host said: ‘I was waking up soaked in sweat, having to put towels on the bed. It really reminded me of when I was using, and I really hated it.’

18 A BREAST reduction. The 39-year-old Strictly judge claimed her DD cup breasts had made a career in dance difficult. Motsi said: ‘ They have not been an advantage… not at all! My best friend had a breast reduction operation. She said it was the best thing she’s ever done.’

19 BULIMIA. Andrew, 43, spoke candidly of the illness which has haunted him for two decades and was rooted in a period of weight gain during his early career followed by pressure to lose it.

20 CYSTIC fibrosis, a condition in which thick, sticky mucus builds up in the lungs and gut, causing life-threatening complications. The drug, Kaftrio, is the first to be effective in the majority of patients. Previous treatments worked in about 45 per cent of cases.

21 A SPITFIRE flew over several hospitals with the words ‘Thank U NHS’ painted on its underside.

22 1 MILLION. On March 24, Joe led the most-watched fitness workout live stream on YouTube ever with 955,185 viewers. In October, the 34-yearold was awarded an MBE for his services to the public during the pandemic.

23 LEWIS Hamilton. The Formula 1 champion, 35, who has been crowned Sports Personality of the Year, said he lost 9 lb (4kg) due to the virus.

24 CHEESE and wine. The study, published in the Journal Of Alzheimer’s Disease, found participants who regularly ate cheese and drank a moderate amount of red wine appeared to have sustained their cognitive ability better when compared with those who ate little of the two.

25 ALL seven – 39 cases were recorded at a research station in Antarctica last week.