Updated / Friday, 5 Mar 2021
10:33
Emma Power: "It really opened my eyes to the virus and how easily it can be transmitted."
It's hard to believe that we’ve been in some form of a lockdown for almost twelve months, but yet It feels like just yesterday I was sitting in front of the TV in Dublin 8 with my housemates, watching as Leo Varadkar’s announced the first lockdown
I spent the first two weeks of 2021 restricting my movements after someone close to me tested positive for Covid-19 and I was deemed a close contact. It was a very worrisome time, made harder by the fact that we had to stay away from them, unable to offer them comfort while they were sick.