The COVID-19 pandemic has imposed several challenges and strains at all levels of the educational system, especially as a consequence of lockdown and social distance measures. After a period of exclusive use of the online educational environment, educators have adapted to the new circumstances and, by a combination of different strategies, have fought to overcome the limitations and deficiencies of virtual learning. Student motivation, productivity, and creativity continue to be the main pedagogical issues that have to be reached with the new didactic tools developed during the pandemic. At the same time, this pandemic has shown the importance of the inclusion of microbiology as a core element of the educational curriculum and the opportunity to raise public awareness of the importance of microbes to everyday life.

COVID-19 大流行给教育系统的各个层面带来了一些挑战和压力，特别是由于封锁和社交距离措施。在独享网络教育环境一段时间后，教育工作者已经适应了新的环境，并结合不同的策略，努力克服虚拟学习的局限性和不足。学生的积极性、生产力和创造力仍然是大流行期间开发的新教学工具必须解决的主要教学问题。同时，这一流行病表明了将微生物学作为教育课程核心要素的重要性，以及提高公众对微生物对日常生活重要性的认识的机会。