Photos: The 5-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, the first in over a century.

In March 2020, people infected with covid-19 were photographed as they waited to be transferred from a regular hospital in Wuhan to Leishenshan Hospital, also newly constructed for the pandemic.

The stress and isolation of the pandemic have left social and emotional scars that are already being seen in children, but scientists also predict there could be huge economic costs.

It has been five years since covid-19 emerged, triggering a global pandemic that has had lasting consequences on societies, economies and people’s health. Long covid: What we now know about its ...