BBC’s Covid-19 reporters: ‘I wanted to show the reality but was deeply troubled by what I saw’
BBC's Covid-19 reporters: 'I wanted to show the reality but was deeply troubled by what I saw’
Fergus Walsh and Hugh Pym’s reports from the frontline of beleaguered British hospitals are drawing nightly audiences of around 12.8 millionCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageWhen it comes to epidemics, Fergus Walsh, the BBC’s medical correspondent for the past 14 years, is something of a veteran. “I reported from Vietnam in 2005 on H5N1 bird flu,” he says. “Then, in 2009, we had H1N1 swine flu. That disease killed a lot of people, but it also turned out to be comparatively mild. Though there had been concern that the next big pandemic was coming, swine flu lulled a lot of the world into a false sense of security. Still, the warning ...
