The MIT team used a computer to transform a model of the structure of SARS-CoV-2 - as the virus that causes COVID-19 is known - into interwoven melodies, assigning a different note to each of the protein's amino acids.

A dancer with the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet, Kovacs had to return home when Europe's borders went into lockdown, catching the last flight back to Budapest for Hungarian citizens.

Now he practices at home and works in a bakery, hoping to return to Lithuania once the restrictions ease.