Malaysians are finally breathing a sigh of relief, but with our masks on. 
We are fully into our National Recovery Plan after ONE year, SIX months and SIXTEEN days of Movement Control Order. I can sense the difference - traffic jams are actually happening (!) and kids are returning to school for the real educational experience.
December 31st 2019: Wuhan Municipal Health Commission informed WHO of a cluster of pneumonia cases of unknown origins.
January 7th 2020: The
culprit was temporarily named “2019-nCoV”, 
later
renamed COVID-19
(CO = Corona; VI = Virus; D = disease; 19 = 2019).
January 30th 2020: WHO
declared Covid-19 a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.
February 11th 2020: The
disease was named SARS-CoV-2
(Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome). COVID-19 is genetically related to the SARS virus in 2003 but different in some characteristics, much like
siblings in the same family who are genetically related but possess different traits.
March 11th 2020: WHO
declared the Covid-19 outbreak a GLOBAL pandemic.
March 18th 2020: Malaysia went into lock down.
December 11th 2020: FDA granted Emergency Use Authorization for the Pfizer vaccine.
April 2021: Molnupiravir, an ORAL anti-viral pill reported to half the chances of dying or hospitalisation in severe Covid-19 cases was announced. Mode of action - introduces errors into the viral genetic code.
The pandemic has robbed us of many things - but NOT our kindness and responsibility to look after our communities.
I watched "High School Musical" a zillion times with Savvy K! It was excruciating. But, If there is one thing I learnt from the movie, it was the lyrics of their song:
