In a wrap-up of the year that was,
Fiona Galea Debono looks at 2020 through the eyes of some key players behind the pandemic. Like a ‘tsunami’ with a ‘colossal’ impact on health, the economy, tourism, education and each of us, this is how the novel coronavirus hit Malta and the outlook for the future.
It all started with the first cases on March 7 and the world as we knew it crashed.
The pandemic had invaded Malta and a partial lockdown kicked in at the end of that month. A brief summer lull was fast followed by the spike of the ‘secondwave’ as mixed messages led the public to let down their guard and mass gatherings opened the way for the virus to spread.