7 minute read On my birthday, 31 March 2020, Sierra Leone recorded its first case of COVID-19. In his maiden statement to the nation on 18 March 2020, President Bio said “it is no longer a question of whether the Coronavirus (COVID-19) will come to Sierra Leone, it is a question of when”. For various reasons I had a hunch it was already upon us, so I wasn’t scared. It made me wonder though whether enough was being done to contain it. Since then, flights to Sierra Leone have b