Stay healthy and, above all, keep calm

Almost two decades ago, I left my comfort zone as a teacher and a nurse to do humanitarian and development work with Oxfam, first in the Philippines, and then in other countries. As a frontline responder and public health promoter assigned to communities affected by the deadly Ebola virus in Liberia and Sierra Leone from 2014 to 2015, I have some insights from my time on the field which shape my views on the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak that was first reported on the very last day of 2019.