Sat, 30 Jan, 2021 - 15:00 A year in review: 12 months of living with Covid-19 and how Cork has coped during the pandemic The world has now been living with Covid-19 for the last 12 months in what can only be described as an unprecedented event in our lifetime. Breda Graham As we mark 12 months since the novel coronavirus that emerged in China became a story, moving rapidly from a snippet in world news to the front page, The Echo’s Breda Graham recounts the story so far of Covid-19, and for Cork It is now 12 months since The Echo first reported on a new virus that was emerging in central China. As cases of a new respiratory illness emerged out of Wuhan, in Ireland the Health Service Executive (HSE) South briefed Cork doctors on this novel coronavirus on January 23, 2020.