Cholera and coronavirus: why we must not repeat the same mistakes

Cholera has largely been beaten in the west, but it still kills tens of thousands of people in poorer countries every year.

As we search for a cure for coronavirus, we have to make sure it will be available to everyone, not just to those in wealthy nations.

We log in every day at 7.45am.

One by one, we join an array of faces on our screens.

We doctors aren’t used to video-conferencing like this, and still greet each other with excited waving hands.

Since the coronavirus crisis began, these daily virtual meetings have proved an invaluable way to keep up to…