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The Documentary; Sacrifice: The Story of SARS

Unexpected Elements: Sacrifice: The Story of SARS - Part One

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Kevin Fong at the French Hospital, Hanoi

10/08/2013 GMT

Sacrifice: The Story of SARS - Part One

BBC World Service - Unexpected Elements, Sacrifice: The Story of SARS - Part One

What has been learnt since the first outbreak of SARS disease a decade ago?

Dr Kevin Fong begins a two-part special looking back at the extraordinary events which unfolded a decade ago when the disease known as SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) first emerged onto an unsuspecting world. 

In a matter of days SARS had travelled around the globe from a hotel room in Hong Kong, and would go on to infect thousands of people, in dozens of countries. But standing between us and the virus were hundreds of healthcare workers who risked their lives to fight against and contain this unknown deadly disease, some of whom paid the ultimate price. With concerns rising over H7N9 and MERS, Kevin asks what lessons have we learned since the first SARS outbreak and would those who stepped up to protect us back then, do so again?

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