TORONTO — Blue Ant Media announced today a new one-hour documentary special exploring the global effort to find a vaccine for Covid-19 will air Friday, February 12 on Smithsonian Channel Canada as part of its nationwide free preview running until April 4.
COVID: Race Against the Virus (pictured) chronicles the first critical months of the Covid-19 outbreak from the perspective of some of the world’s leading scientific experts, virologists, modellers and immunologists as they work together to understand, treat and find a vaccine for the deadliest virus in a century.
In addition to interviews with scientists, the documentary features news footage and clips from political leaders reacting to the outbreak. Some of the experts interviewed include: Prof. Sarah Gilbert, vaccinologist behind the University of Oxford’s approved Covid-19 vaccine; Prof. Calum Semple, leading clinical scientist in outbreak research; Prof. Derek Angus, critical care specialist and Covid-19 drugs trial founder; and Virginia Hughes, science editor covering Covid-19 treatments and vaccines for The New York Times.
“We are unlocking viewer access to COVID: Race Against the Virus during Smithsonian Channel Canada’s free preview event so we can share the stories of the extraordinary doctors and scientists featured with audiences nationwide,” says Craig Junner, vice-president, programming, Canadian media, Blue Ant Media, in a press release. “We are living in an era that will one day be written about in history books, but until then, we are bringing viewers this inspiring and educational documentary capturing the magnitude of the Covid-19 outbreak and the scientists who stepped up to find a vaccine in record time.”
The documentary was produced by Voltage TV Productions Limited for Smithsonian Channel. It will have its Canadian broadcast premiere at 8 p.m. ET/PT on February 12 on Smithsonian Channel Canada.
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