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'Like a war zone': The terrible drama of the UK's deadliest coronavirus day

By Christina Lamb
The Times·
21 mins to read

Wednesday, April 8 saw the highest death toll from the first wave of Covid-19 in the UK. Six months on, Christina Lamb talks to the families and frontline workers who will never forget that dreadful time.

The predawn hours of Wednesday, April 8 saw the rising of a supermoon — the biggest full moon of the year. It was reaching its fullest just before 4am when Kenneth Sazuze was woken by a phone call from Good Hope Hospital in Birmingham.

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