Hong Kong’s battle against cholera in 1961 a grim reminder amid new coronavirus pandemic

South China Morning Post 2020-03-27

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As Hong Kong fights the new coronavirus pandemic in 2020, we look back nearly 60 years to the city’s 1961 battle against another deadly disease, cholera.
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