Covid-19 one year on: The story of a pandemic

A year ago this week, the World Health Organization declared covid-19 a pandemic. Since the first case of infection with this new coronavirus was reported in China in December 2019, SARS-CoV-2 has killed over 2.5 million people and infected at least 115 million. As countries, including the UK, prepare to lift restrictions, we look back at the key dates in a year that changed the world forever. From the first reported cases to the isolation and identification of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, through to the rapid development of vaccines and their eventual roll out, this is the story of the covid-19 pandemic.

[Breakzoras]

Meanwhile in Mars : Perseverance prepairing the mars helicopter to take first flight on the planet ever.

[bhudson]

An observation about the use of the term "lockdowns". There is a considerable difference between the lockdowns of nations - the many exceptions in the UK, particularly with the earlier iterations in my view undermined its effectiveness. New Zealand's lockdown had far fewer exceptions and was demonstrably more effective.

[Stephan]

There's no way to say this without sounding rude but using a narrator with a strong accent is just infuriating as an ESL speaker. I had to double check the name of the channel to be sure, this is so amateurish at best to exclude so many people that will skip it just because you have to concentrate too hard on figuring out what is being said, yikes....

[BHOP]

"...and connected to one of the cities the wet markets."
Yep definitely a science channel. No bullshit here. :-|