Initially published in 1982 as The Marburg Virus, Johnson’s The Virus reveals uncanny parallels with the current corona virus: the outbreak of a mysterious and deadly disease, the origins of which are traced to a medical student infected by a green monkey. It features an epidemiologist as its hero and a desperate search for a vaccine…
‘Mr. Johnson, a former member of the European Parliament and the father of Boris Johnson, clearly
knows all the drills. The author of 25 earlier works of fiction and nonfiction, he has a lifetime’s expertise.’
The Wall Street Journal