FatherSherko(SherkoZen-Aloush)isincreasinglyconcernedthathisdaughterResa(BenaeHassan)isgettingsick.Presentingthemselvesatthehospitaltheyencounteranumberofasylumseekersfromtheirblock,alldemonstratingsimilarsymptoms.Atfirstitlookslikeanepidemicofflu,butsoonitappearstobesomethinginfinitelymoresinister.Quicklythecivilandemergencyservicesarebeyondbreakingpointanditemergesthattheauthoritiesarepowerlesstohaltthisdisaster.WhenAsylumSupportUnitworkerRabeenaDhondy(RobinaQureshi)arrivesatSherkoandResa'sflatshefindsthelittlegirlissufferingfromanextremelybadcough.Atthehospital,thedoctorAnnieMillbrook(MoragCalder)diagnosesflu.ShortlyafterwardsoneoftheResa'sneighboursHamez(SalahHussein)diesfromwhatthehospitalarestillcallingflu.Quitenaturallytheasylumseekersaregettingworriedandameetingisarrangedwiththembythehospital.