Nurse Tiffany Lilly with Raleigh, N.C.-based Mako Medical wields a nasal swab as she moves in to test driver Arlene Williams, who was getting tested for COVID-19 with her husband, Harvey Williams, on June 4, 2020. The Locust Hill couple were some of the scores participating in free, drive-through testing at Cooks Corner (in the Middlesex County Health Department’s parking area) conducted around the height of the pandemic. (Photo by Don Richeson)
The Arrival of COVID-19
The Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) was a global pandemic. The first documented case was of someone being infected in December 2019, and in March 2020, the World Health Organization classified the outbreak as a global pandemic as the virus had spread worldwide.
