The Worst Pandemics in History

By vanefs
  • Plague Justinian
    541

    Plague Justinian

    This was the first pandemic to affect the Byzantine Empire. The culprit bacterium was bubonic plague, which was carried by rats and transmitted to humans.
  • Black Death
    1347

    Black Death

    This disease was brought by ships in Sicily, the symptoms were dark swellings in the armpits and groin, at that time the word quarantine appeared.
  • Spanish Flu

    Spanish Flu

    The effects of this pandemic continue to this day. This pandemic affected 500 million people worldwide.
  • COVID-19

    COVID-19

    Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV2 virus. It affects different people in different ways.

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