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1857–1859 Europe and the Americas influenza epidemic 1857–1859 Europe, North America, South America Influenza: Unknown [158] 1862 Pacific Northwest smallpox epidemic: 1862–1863 Pacific Northwest, Canada and United States Smallpox: 20,000+ [159] [160] [161] 1861–1865 United States typhoid fever epidemic 1861–1865 United States Typhoid ...
Despite deployment of COVID-19 vaccines, Europe became the pandemic's epicentre once again in late 2021. [9] On 11 January 2022, Dr. Hans Kluge, the WHO Regional Director for Europe said, "more than 50 percent of the population in the region will be infected with Omicron in the next six to eight weeks". [10]
The Black Death, caused by the Plague, caused the deaths of up to half of the population of Europe in the 14th century. The term pandemic had not been used then, but was used for later epidemics, including the 1918 H1N1 influenza A pandemic—more commonly known as the Spanish flu—which is the deadliest pandemic in history.
There were 22 outbreaks of plague in Venice between 1361 and 1528. [43] The plague of 1576–1577 killed 50,000 in Venice, almost a third of the population. [44] Late outbreaks in central Europe included the Italian Plague of 1629–1631, which is associated with troop movements during the Thirty Years' War, and the Great Plague of Vienna in 1679
This is a timeline of influenza, briefly describing major events such as outbreaks, epidemics, pandemics, discoveries and developments of vaccines.In addition to specific year/period-related events, there is the seasonal flu that kills between 250,000 and 500,000 people every year and has claimed between 340 million and 1 billion human lives throughout history.
Bigger whooping cough epidemics are expected every 3-5 years even in countries with high vaccination rates, the ECDC said, although a slight dip in immunisation during the COVID-19 pandemic may ...
The pandemic was confirmed to have spread to Africa on 14 February 2020, with the first confirmed case announced in Egypt. [34] [35] The first confirmed case in sub-Saharan Africa was announced in Nigeria at the end of February 2020. [36]
List of epidemics and pandemics; Event 201; H. HIV/AIDS; HIV/AIDS in Yunnan; How to Prevent the Next Pandemic; P. Pandemic prevention; Pandemic severity index; Portal ...