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Spanish Flu
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic claiming over 4,500 people across the world, the 1918 Spanish Influenza is being discussed. About the Pandemic The Spanish Flu pandemic took place in 1918 and is considered as one of the deadliest epidemics ..
Social Distancing
India recently reported its second death due to COVID-19. This calls for increase in social distancing among the people to curb the virus’ spread. Social Distancing The term social distancing means measures taken to slow the spread of the virus ..
Coronavirus Pandemic
The WHO has finally declared the worldwide spread of COVID-19 disease as a pandemic. This is after 4,000 people have died from the disease and over 100,000 infected. Pandemic The term pandemic is derived from the Greek word ‘pandemos’ meaning ..
COVID-19 declared as pandemic
World Health Organization (WHO) declared Covid-19 as a pandemic. The last time the WHO declared a pandemic was for the H1N1 influenza outbreak in 2009. Pandemic is the term when epidemics are growing in multiple countries and continents at the same time, ..
World Health Organisation launches new Global Influenza Strategy for 2019-2030
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recently launched new Global Influenza Strategy for 2019-2030 aimed at protecting people in all countries from the threat of influenza. The strategy will provide a framework for WHO alongside countries and other partners to ..
Origin of El Tor in the Bay of Bengal
El Tor is a particular strain of the bacterium Vibrio cholerae, the causative agent of cholera. It is also known as V. cholera biotype eltor, it has been the dominant strain in the seventh global pandemic. A recent study has ..