In the midst of COVID, “there exists a hope, unshakeable, everlasting and true”: What Beatrice Chao learnt from her father, who died battling SARS

Beatrice (right) was only three when her father, Dr Alexandre Chao, died from SARS while fighting it on the frontlines. He was 37. All photos courtesy of Beatrice Chao.

Beatrice Chao was just three years old when her father, Dr Alexandre Chao, contracted and died from Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003 while fighting the virus on the frontlines in Singapore, leaving behind his wife and two young daughters.  In a Facebook post, Beatrice, now 20 and a student at Northwestern University in Chicago, … Continue reading In the midst of COVID, “there exists a hope, unshakeable, everlasting and true”: What Beatrice Chao learnt from her father, who died battling SARS

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