Canada and COVID-19: learning from SARS

The 2003 SARS epidemic killed 44 people in Canada, and led to many proposals for reforms. Paul Webster looks at how the SARS outbreak has affected Canada's COVID-19 response. In an exclusive interview with The Lancet, David Naylor, one of Canada's leading experts on pandemic control, says Canada's response to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is vastly benefiting from the country's experience with a 2003 epidemic of severe acute respiratory...