#3 COVID: One Year On

1. COVID: One Year On Link

2.Vocabularies:

(1) pandemic

Despite having an established biomedical infrastructure from quarantine camps to hospitals, the colonial state found itself unprepared to face this pandemic.

(2) epidemic

We conjecture that antibodies lacking in durability have become prevalent in the population resulting in the disappearance of large epidemics since 1992.

(3) take hold

She was determined not to let the illness take hold again.

(4) wimpy

As small and wimpy as they were, still they weren’t afraid to get on the back of a wild animal.

(5) sheer

The hard work, ingenuity and sheer intellect that went into many of these studies is indeed impressive, and well demonstrated by such extended illustration.

(6) kick in

It's only when you have responsibilities that the fear kicks in.

(7) genome

In biology and genetics, a genome is the particular number and combination of certain chromosomes necessary to form the single nucleus of a living cell.

(8) take stock (of)

Communities must take stock of their assets, he said, and devise a strategy to develop tourism or industry.