‘It was a scary time for

She is convinced that even after the conclusion of the current outbreak, life won’t just revert to the status quo and may look very different in the future.

She said: “It is very difficult, all the schools are now shut. When I got it, I was in secondary school, I was doing Higher art and they burned all the portfolios.

“All the work, all the books they were burned. Back then it was sheer panic.

“But now they will be relying on IT, so that appears to be the way forward.

“In fact, it might change a lot of how education is delivered after that and people are going to rely a lot more on it,” added Mrs Blackhall.

FACES AT THE WINDOW: Visitors were obliged to stay outside when they went to the City Hospital during the epidemic