On the 21st of January 2021, NaCOVERC announced the resumption of curfew and some other additional Covid-19 measures due to the rise in the number of cases after the December holidays. This comes 2 months later after the initial curfew that was imposed to cut down the spread of the virus in Sierra Leone was lifted. Gal-dem is a new media publication, committed to telling the stories of women and non-binary people of color. In their recent publication, British-Sierra Leonean writer Memuna Konteh discusses the trend of Africans in the diaspora returning home during the pandemic and the consequences of their actions on the continent. The end of the festive season saw a very high surge in Covid-19 cases, especially in countries that were recording single-digit cases before the start of the festive season.