TV host Graham Norton has told how he feared “piles of bodies on the streets” during Covid as he returned home to unveil a memorial to those who died during the pandemic. The chat show star unveiled the special plaque on a bridge over the River Bandon in the West Cork town. Graham Norton unveiled the special plaque at the new memorial to those who died during the pandemic Graham revealed his worst fears when Covid struck The star said it was a ‘terrifying time’ The monument aims to commemorate all those who died during the height of the crisis.
According to the World Health Organization, some 6.9 million people lost their lives from 2020 to 2023 worldwide due to the virus. Graham, 60, told the Irish Sun: “Covid made the world very small.
Everything stopped and the elderly weren’t quite the same as they were at the beginning by the end of it. “It was a terrifying time. I remember when I was in London at the beginning of it wondering were there going to be piles of bodies on the streets.
You just did not know so it was a very scary time. “It is being commemorated here in such a lovely way. It’s not a depressing event, it’s lovely.
” He said he was delighted to unveil the riverside monument Light To Dark – Womb to Light – Every Spring Rebirths, because firstly it was in Bandon and because his mother Rhoda Walker uses the day care centre at the Allin Institute outside which it has been installed. The large plaque – believed to be the first of its kind t.