Festival of Global Health - Covid Century
Wednesday, 21 May 2025, 4pm to 8pm
Curzon Oxford, Westgate Shopping Centre, Oxford OX1 1NZ
Please note: The screening will begin at 16:15
To mark five years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Festival of Global health is proud to present: Covid Century.
Synopsis
COVID-19 claimed millions of lives and brought the world to a temporary paralysis. Was it really inevitable that the pandemic would take on such an extent?
Covid Century highlights key moments in the first ten weeks after the discovery of the new disease. In most peoples’ memories the Covid-19 pandemic started in the first weeks of spring 2020. But the decisive period for why the outbreak in Wuhan turned into an epidemic that took a global turn starts much earlier.
In a previously unseen manner, the investigative film by Michael Wech puts under close scrutiny the events around the first ten weeks immediately following the outbreak, which were considered crucial to the pandemic's global spread.
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Panel Discussion
Moderated by Associate Professor Toral Gathani, includes:
- Michael Wech, the film director
- Professor Sir Aziz Sheikh, Nuffield Professor of Primary Care Health Sciences
The Festival of Global Health is led by Toral Gathani, Sarah Lewington and Hannah Calkin. Please contact us if you have any questions or comments or complete the online form to be added to the mailing list.