Patient Zero: Back From The Brink

May 21, 2021

ABC Radio National and BBC World Service

Patient Zero: Back From The Brink

A six-year old boy in Papua New Guinea wakes up one day and is suddenly unable to stand up.

Less than a year later, children in three other Asia Pacific nations are experiencing the same alarming symptoms.

A disease that was eradicated from this region is back — and it appears to be spreading.

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