Tools that go beyond vaccination and specialised treatment for those at higher risk of getting severely ill are some of the considerations.

The lives, health and future functional capacity of our children are all at stake.

It is one thing to not understand or practise religion fully from a personal perspective, but it’s an entirely separate matter to 'use' it as a divisive political tool to garner populist support ahead of the polls.

While only the authorities working together with independent parties and the scientific community can verify these probabilities, so far we have no reason to assume the worst.