Covid-19 cases being confirmed in Fife on March 6 last year, she recalls that
NHS Fife had well-rehearsed procedures in place to deal with the potential of communicable viruses such as coronavirus, and had been preparing for the eventuality of positive cases in Fife for a number of weeks.
But as she reflects on those first two Fife cases – the first year anniversary of which coincided with 10,000 confirmed Fife Covid cases and 471 Covid-related deaths over the year – she also concedes that much of what unfolded on the frontlines of the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy in March 2020 has, in her mind at least, become “blurred”.