Plague City: SARS in Toronto

Plague City: SARS in Toronto is a 2005 medical thriller television movie directed by David Wu, set during the 2003 outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Toronto. The locations and characters were composite characters or fictionalized versions of actual Toronto medical personnel and facilities.
Produced by CTV as part of its "Signature Series" of television films dramatizing significant Canadian news stories, it was filmed in Toronto and Hamilton. It was written by Collin Friesen and Pete McCormack.
The film aired on May 29, 2005, on CTV.

Cast

Kari Matchett as Amy
Ron White as Dr. Royce
Rick Roberts as Dr. Jeremy Neville
Lannette New as Rosie
Rahnuma Panthaky as Laura Weston
Merwin Mondesir as Rob Connell
George Chiang as Tom Kwan
Brian Markinson
James Gallanders
Leslie Carlson
Alina Lee as Rosie's Mother
Grace Lynn Kung as April
James McGowan as Ed
Grahame Wood as Paul

Critical response

John Doyle of The Globe and Mail wrote that the film "is in some ways, absurdly ambitious. It tries to capture an entire city's plight while sticking to the facts. It has many mundane TV-movie moments, but it's a grimly compelling production."