In the four-part documentary series Infected, we and scientists from the Antwerp-based Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) search for answers to vitally important questions about healthcare and disease control. That these are both under extreme pressure worldwide is a phenomenon we are experiencing first-hand during this current corona crisis. The documentary makers were present when ITM scientists were confronted with a threat they had long dreaded: a highly infectious new virus was spreading rapidly throughout the world. We are now in the middle of a devastating pandemic, a global health threat ITM scientists were already warning us about years ago, a threat they fight day after day in their research labs and out in the field.