“They say it’s essential for us to be prepared for how coronavirus will impact our mental wellbeing and for those in charge to take action now to support those struggling. Dr Sandro Galea from Boston University said: ‘Since the first case of novel Covid-19 was diagnosed in December 2019, it has swept across the world and galvanised global action. ‘This has brought unprecedented efforts to institute the practice of physical distance in countries all over the world, resulting in changes in national behavioural patterns and shutdowns of usual day-to-day functioning.”