Interview: COVID-19 leads to "irretrievably loss" in some researchers' work in UK

LONDON, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- In November last year, Professor Hannah Cloke's research came to a sudden halt. She had caught COVID-19, and was so unwell that she had to take a step back from her work as a professor of hydrology at the University of Reading.

"I dropped off the face of the earth for several weeks. I direct quite a large team at the university and around the world and the immediate cessation of activity was kind of devastating, particularly for the PhD students," Professor Cloke told Xinhua.