Walking the length of the National Covid Memorial Wall without stopping to read names and inscriptions takes almost 10 minutes
From white flags to trees or painted hearts, communities across the globe are creating memorials to remember the millions who have died from Covid-19., the National Covid Memorial Wall on the south bank of the Thames contains more than 150,000 pink and red hearts to represent the number of people who have died with the virus in the UK.
Fran Hall, a spokeswoman for the Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice, which has been set up to maintain the memorial said: ‘It shocks people.’She said: ‘Every time we are here, people stop and talk to us, and quite often they are moved to tears as they are walking by, and thank us.’ Some memorials have been drawn from artists’ ideas or civic group proposals, but others, like the London memorial which was started on March 29 2021, are more spontaneous.
The natural monument was decided upon after the city considered various proposals for statues or plaques. One honours 80-year-old Carey Alexander Washington, of South Carolina, who was vaccinated and contracted the virus while still working as a clinical psychologist in March.‘Families like mine, we’re still grieving, said Mr Washington’s daughter, Tanya, who travelled from Atlanta to see the memorial.‘It gave a voice to all our loved ones that have been lost.’
In Brazil’s capital Brasilia, relatives of Covid-19 victims planted thousands of white flags in front of Brazil’s Congress in an emotion-laden action meant to raise awareness of the country’s toll of more than 600,000 – the second-highest in the world.
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