In Pictures: Nation pays tribute to fallen key workers

Published: 10:31, 28 April 2020

| Updated: 13:30, 28 April 2020

People across the UK have fallen silent to remember key workers who have lost their lives during the coronavirus pandemic.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson stood alongside Cabinet Secretary Mark Sedwill and Chancellor Rishi Sunak to observe the silence at 10 Downing Street (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Staff members fell silent outside the Royal Derby Hospital (Jacob King/PA)

Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon stood outside St Andrew’s House in Edinburgh to observe the silence (Jane Barlow/PA)

Ken Macintosh MSP Presiding Officer (centre front) with representatives from Scottish parties during a minute’s silence at the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood, Edinburgh (Fraser Bremner/Scottish DailyMail/PA)

This morning the Abbey community fell silent to honour the sacrifice of health and care workers who have lost their lives in the service of others, and to pray for those who have died and those who mourn.#minutesilence #NeverForgotten pic.twitter.com/HIfPSJlZme
— Westminster Abbey (@wabbey) April 28, 2020

Staff outside Salford Royal Hospital in Manchester (Peter Byrne/PA)

Emotional scenes at Salford Royal (Peter Byrne/PA)

Today Poole Hospital staff joined the #minutesilence to pay tribute to all colleagues who have sadly lost their lives in the coronavirus pandemic 💙 pic.twitter.com/Vx5QysqOGq
— Poole Hospital (@Poole_Hospital) April 28, 2020

Shoppers queued in the rain outside Costco in Thurrock during the minute’s silence (Gareth Fuller/PA)

Staff observed the silence at Camberwell bus depot in London (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

At Windsor Castle silence fell under the arches of the Guardroom as Guardsman from Nijmegen Company stood to pay their respects. #neverforgotten #minutesilence pic.twitter.com/DDSvr7ec28
— The Grenadier Guards (@GrenadierGds) April 28, 2020

Unison representatives Joe McAtominey, Linda Hobson and Michael Barclay before they laid two wreaths at the War Memorial in Old Eldon Square, Newcastle, for key workers in the fight against Covid-19 (Tom Wilkinson/PA)

A group of trade unionists and supporters paid tribute to key workers outside Sheffield town hall (Dave Higgens/PA)

The silence was also observed at Ulster Hospital in Belfast (Roisin Devlin/PA)

NHS staff pay tribute in Belfast (Roisin Devlin/PA)

The silence finished with poignant applause at the Royal Derby Hospital (Jacob King/PA)

Staff members applaud outside the Royal Derby Hospital (Jacob King/PA)

There was also applause at Salford Royal (Peter Byrne/PA)