Pandemics of the world
Pandemics of the world
Part of: GS Prelims and GS-II- Health; GS III – Economy; Disaster Management
In News:
- COVID-19 is the most recent disease which was declared as pandemic by the World Health Organization.
A glimpse through major pandemics of the world which caused huge loss to life:
The Plague of Justinian |
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Black death |
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Smallpox (15th – 17th centuries) |
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Cholera (1817 – 1823) |
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Spanish Flu or H1N1 (1918 – 1919) |
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Hong Kong Flu or H3N2 (1968 – 1970) |
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HIV/AIDS (1981 – present) |
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SARS (2002 – 2003) |
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Swine Flu or H1N1 (2009 – 2010) |
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Ebola (2014 – 2016) |
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Coronavirus, or COVID-19 (2019 – present) |
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