UK's 'tsunami' of grief as coronavirus deaths pass 100,000 The U.K. has become the first country in Europe to pass 100,000 coronavirus-related deathsLONDON -- For nine months, Gordon Bonner has been in the “hinterlands of despair and desolation” after losing his wife of 63 years to the coronavirus pandemic that has now taken the lives of more than 100,000 people in the United Kingdom. “Grief is the price we pay for love.”Bonner, 86, is just one of many hundreds of thousands of Britons toiling with grief because of the pandemic. With more than 2 million dead worldwide, people the world over are mourning loved ones, but the U.K.'s toll weighs particularly heavily: It is the smallest nation to pass the 100,000 mark. Alongside excess deaths comes excess grief, made even more acute by the social distancing measures in place to slow the virus's spread. “The backdrop of death, of grief, around creates quite a caustic context,” said Andy Langford, clinical director at Cruse, a leading charity for bereaved people.

Source: ABC News January 26, 2021 16:41 UTC