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The Documentary; Sacrifice - The Story of SARS - Part 2

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

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Kevin Fong in Hanoi

17/08/2013 GMT

Sacrifice: The Story of SARS - Part Two

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

Kevin Fong continues to explore the personal and medical impact of SARS ten years on.

Kevin Fong continues the story of SARS, meeting survivors in Hong Kong and Toronto who fought to contain the virus. Are we now better prepared for the arrival of deadly diseases?

Dr Kevin Fong concludes a two-part special looking back at the extraordinary events which unfolded a decade ago when the disease known as SARS 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. Kevin travels to Hong Kong and Toronto to meet the survivors. 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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