CELIA SOFIA STEPHANUS With spiking new Covid-19 cases and deaths, the pandemic has added extra pressure to a nation already reeling. “The world has seen many crises over the past 30 years, including the Global Financial Crisis of 2007-09. Each has hit human development hard but, overall, development gains accrued globally year-on-year. Covid-19, with its triple hit to health, education, and income, may change this trend.” Covid-19 is no longer just a threat to human lives it now presents itself as a hurdle in the fulfilment of the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),” says the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) administrator Achim Steiner.