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  2. List of epidemics and pandemics - Wikipedia

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    1600–1650 South America malaria epidemic 1600–1650 South America Malaria: Unknown [citation needed] 1603 London plague (part of the second plague pandemic) 1603 London, England Bubonic plague: 40,000 [64] [65] [66] 1616 New England infections epidemic 1616–1620 Southern New England, British North America, especially the Wampanoag people

  3. 2009 swine flu pandemic by country - Wikipedia

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    Canadian health officials reported that swine flu is hospitalizing three to four times as many children as regular seasonal flu. [350] On 30 May, New Zealand had 9 confirmed cases and 10 probables. During June cases in New Zealand rose rapidly. On 14 June the Ministry of Health announced a 65% increase in cases in just 24 hours.

  4. COVID-19 - Wikipedia

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    [31] [32] In the past, many diseases have been named after geographical locations, such as the Spanish flu, [33] Middle East respiratory syndrome, and Zika virus. [34]

  5. COVID-19 pandemic - Wikipedia

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    [434] [435] A consensus report by American intelligence agencies in April 2021 concluded, "Efforts to contain and manage the virus have reinforced nationalist trends globally, as some states turned inward to protect their citizens and sometimes cast blame on marginalised groups". COVID-19 inflamed partisanship and polarisation around the world ...

  6. COVID-19 pandemic in Spain - Wikipedia

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    The COVID-19 pandemic in Spain has resulted in 13,980,340 [4] confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 121,852 [4] deaths.. The virus was first confirmed to have spread to Spain on 31 January 2020, when a German tourist tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in La Gomera, Canary Islands. [3]

  7. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the environment - Wikipedia

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    In the United States 34% of recycling companies partially or completely closed. In many Asian countries, including India, Malaysia and Vietnam, only around one-third of recyclers continued daily operations due to anti-pandemic measures. Many informal waste pickers have been seriously affected by stay-at-home orders and business closures.

  8. List of countries by intentional homicide rate - Wikipedia

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    The regions and subregions in the table are based on the United Nations geoscheme since the table sources are United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reports. The U.N. recognizes that variability in the quality and integrity of data provided by certain countries may minimize country murder rates.

  9. Typhoid fever - Wikipedia

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    Typhoid vaccination for members of the American military became mandatory in 1911. [82] Before the vaccine, the rate of typhoid fever in the military was 14,000 or greater per 100,000 soldiers. By World War I, the rate of typhoid in American soldiers was 37 per 100,000. [82]