Many things changed in the past year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of these changes were unanticipated, and the levels of anxiety were at an all-time high. The pandemic presented newer challenges, which were significant threats to the mental health of many people. Some of these challenges were the global economic downturn, lockdown directives, and massive cutbacks. The necessary lockdown rules also introduced new limitations to access healthcare and mental health services in particular. As such, many people's mental health across the world took a big hit due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is no surprise that there has been a spike in the number of mental health cases in Canada and worldwide.

After a long battle with the COVID-19 virus, there has finally been headway with the recently developed and approved COVID-19 vaccine. The approval of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines has given the world hope against the deadly coronavirus.

When the novel coronavirus hit the world in 2019, nothing prepared us for how it was going to change the regular running of activities. However, when the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic in March 2020, we knew that the world would never be the same again.

Many things changed in the past year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of these changes were unanticipated, and the levels of anxiety were at an all-time high. The pandemic presented newer challenges, which were significant threats to the mental health of many people. Some of these challenges were the global economic downturn, lockdown directives, and massive cutbacks.