There’s no sugarcoating it: 2020 was, for most of us, annus horribilis, a year of tragedy, misfortune and tragedy. As we go to print, nearly 81 million people have been infected with Covid-19 and more than 1.7 million have died across the globe. The year 2020 has been defined by Covid-19 and will forever be identified with it, including humanity’s response to it... both our fumbles and our feats. On Feb 11, the World Health Organisation (WHO) named the disease “Covid-19”, short for coronavirus disease 2019, and designated the virus as SARS-CoV-2 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome CoronaVirus 2). While the minister would apologise and offer to donate a few months’ of his salary to the Covid-19 Fund, the simmering continued.

Source: The Star December 30, 2020 18:45 UTC