It's OK to grieve, says doc.

AS COVID-19 up-ends life as we know it, a clinical health psychologist from Cleveland Clinic's Mellen Centre is stressing that it is perfectly acceptable to feel sad about it.

"We are experiencing a lot of disappointment right now - in both small and big ways - and grief is going to be a factor," Dr Amy Sullivan said.

She said people should look through the lens of grief and process emotions. Experts recognise these stages as denial, anger, bargaining, despair, and acceptance. However...