A deadly virus appears in Containment, and it is something that no one has seen before. Little is known about the disease at first other than it is believed to have been brought into the Atlanta, Georgia, area by a Syrian man. He somehow managed to escape detection and hid in the cargo hold of an airliner in order to be with his family who are in the U.S. Now everyone trapped in the containment zone and possibly beyond may pay the price for his deadly actions.

Warning: Spoilers ahead!

According to SFGate, during the first few episodes of Containment, what scant but frightening information is known about the virus is more than enough to prompt authorities to immediately initiate a strict quarantine. The highly contagious disease is contracted through bodily fluids and has a frightening and deadly 100 percent mortality rate. Containment follows several doctors, including Dr. Sabine Lomers (Claudia Black), who is an expert at managing health crisis situations. When she is brought in to take control and set up the containment zone, she manages to rub a few people, including police officer Major Lex Carnahan (David Gyasi), the wrong way with her take-charge style.

With the aid of law enforcement, she sets up a containment zone located in downtown Atlanta. The hospital and several other buildings are part of the strictly enforced, cordoned off containment area. With no time to make plans or to even flee the area, people find themselves suddenly trapped inside the containment area, including a young teacher named Katie Frank (Kristen Gutoskie) who is locked down in containment along with her young son’s classmates, who were on a field trip.

CBS Local shared that Carnahan’s girlfriend, Jana Mayfield (Christina Moses), is inside the containment zone while he is outside. His best friend and fellow cop, Jake Riley (Chris Wood), also finds himself in containment with no way out.

Others in the containment area include 17-year-old Teresa (Hanna Mangan Lawrence), who is unmarried and eight months pregnant by her boyfriend, Xander (Demetrius Bridges), who is outside the containment zone. Dr. Victor Cannerts (George Young) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is also in the containment zone. Cannerts works frantically with other doctors to find out more about the disease and desperately seeks a cure before it’s too late.

Leo (Trevor St. John) is a cynical journalist that trusts no one, especially the police and medical authorities. To make matters worse, he deliberately uses the internet to spread misinformation and panic via a series of posts about the containment and what is occurring.

Naturally, as Containment unfolds, old bonds will be strengthened and new bonds formed as everyone struggles to survive in the containment area. As chaos erupts and social structures crumble in the containment zone, those who are trying to hold it all together must square off against those who seek to do more damage and to capitalize on the misfortune of others in the containment area.

One other issue that still looms large in Containment will be the story of Patient Zero. Was the Syrian stowaway actually infected? If he was, did he bring the virus in accidentally or was it a case of bio-terrorism? Did he willingly become infected, or is something else really going on? These questions and more will undoubtedly be addressed as the story plays out.

Containment was adapted by Julie Plec, the executive producer of The Vampire Diaries and The Originals, from a Belgian series called Cordon, which is derived from the term “cordon sanitaire,” which translates into a strictly enforced quarantine set up to contain a disease.

Will you be watching this new, 13-episode series? Leave your comments, thoughts, and opinions below. Containment premieres on Tuesday, April 19 at 9 p.m. ET on The CW.

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