Lately, a new outbreak of virus has influenced almost everything, partially or completely changing the normal stagnant life. It forced to introduce new approaches or to take actions to lessen the impact and to bring its to minimum. The influence did not pass by education, but dramatically changed it. Therefore, the following work outlines the influence of so-called COVID-19 on education. Both positive and negative influences will be discussed. And also, a comparison of COVID-19 with other similar spread of viruses that have occurred in the last two decades. Briefly will be outlined the positive influence of pandemic on education, for instance introduction or integration of new technologies into the system. Similarly, negative effect of pandemic will be presented covering mostly from perspective of learners. The influence of pandemic on academic performance of students was covered. To conclude, the escape of such dangerous virus is completely novel, if taking account its massive influence, thus the information that's provided in this work might change and be outdated, as yet the problem is not fully covered. © 2020 Institute of Physics Publishing. All rights reserved.