Form Follows Fever, Disease and Pandemics

What were your experiences during these fraught times?

Do you have any thoughts, images, or poems you would like to share?

You are invited to contribute to the event by uploading your recollections in whatever format you choose. Please upload by 4 December 2025.

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Form Follows Fever. It is the earliest discussion of planning priorities and construction methods at the beginning of the British Colony.

SARS was identified first in China in November 2002 but the World Health Organisation (WHO) was notified of the outbreak in February and issued a global alert in March 2003 then in July 2003 declared SARS ‘contained’ though cases were reported until May 2004. Worldwide 8,000+ people were infected resulting in 774 deaths.

Coronavirus Pandemic The global COVID-19 pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was discovered in Wuhan, Hubei province in late December 2019. The same genus as SARS. It spread to other areas of Asia then worldwide in 2020. The World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) on 30 January 2020. It was assessed as having become a pandemic on 11 March 2020 and having ended in May 2023.