pre-COVID

English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ COVID.

Adjective

pre-COVID (not comparable)

1. Before the COVID-19 pandemic.
   • 2022 November 24, Cathay Pacific‎^[1]:

     The Cathay Pacific Group expects to resume 70% of pre-COVID passenger capacity levels by end of 2023

   • 2023 March 19, Department of Foreign Affairs (Australia)‎^[2]:

     The Albanese Government is helping more Australians get travelling again, with passport wait times now back to pre-COVID normal.

   • 2023, University of New England‎^[3]:

     Although most schools have returned to pre-COVID procedures, it is still possible that a local COVID outbreak may result in a return to altered arrangements in schools.

   • 2023 November 1, Nick Brodrick talks to Jason Cocker, “A station that "oozes" customer service...”, in RAIL, number 995, pages 52-53:

     As well as the boom in off-peak leisure numbers, "there has been a big spike in passenger assistance - that's really taken off as well", he continues. "We're probably victims of our own success because we promote this more than we ever used to. We promote how accessible the railways are. I think that this area has more than doubled from pre-COVID levels.