The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 has caused high levels of mortality and continues to threaten the lives of the global population. The pandemic has amounted to a “once in a lifetime” event for humanity and has affected it across its different sectors of existence: health, education, economy and environment, among others. The pandemic continues to threaten job prospects for millions of people and has resulted in widespread economic turmoil. It has also led to the cancellation of numerous conferences and research fieldwork and to closed offices across the globe.