The World Pandemics Including the Latest COVID-19

By Roperfree

Roperfree cannot just sit down and do nothing while the whole world is testing the wrath of COVID-19 and surprisingly, speaking the same language “stay home to avoid the devil of COVID-19”  which is outside  looking to make a catch! and latest news according to the guardian com,  indicates that the US surpasses China  for highest number confirmed  of Covid-19 cases in the world.

Swine Flu
The 2009 swine H1N1 flu pandemic -- responsible for more than 17,000 deaths worldwide -- originated in pigs from a very small region in central Mexico, a research team headed by investigators at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is reporting.

The WHO declared the swine flu outbreak a pandemic on June 11, 2009.Globally, an estimated 151,700 to 575,400 people died from swine flu in the first year of the pandemic. In Africa, Ghana was the only affected county with 48 cases & no deaths. WHO declared an end to the pandemic on August 10, 2010.

What is SARS?

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a viral respiratory illness that was recognized as a global threat in March 2003, after first appearing in Southern China in November 2002

According to the World Health Organization (WHO). Of these, 774 died. By late July 2003, no new cases were being reported, and WHO declared the global outbreak to be over.

No records that Sars reached the African continent, started from China then to Honk Kong and Taiwan which were the worst affected countries, although the virus also spread to Canada, where there 251 cases, in UK, only four cases were recorded, with zero deaths

The Spanish flu

The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918, the deadliest in history, infected an estimated 500 million people worldwide—about one-third of the planet’s population—and killed an estimated 20 million to 50 million victims, including some 675,000 Americans. The 1918 flu was first observed in Europe, the United States and parts of Asia before swiftly spreading around the world. At the time, there were no effective drugs or vaccines to treat this killer flu strain. Citizens were ordered to wear masks, schools, theaters and businesses were shuttered and bodies piled up in makeshift morgues before the virus ended its deadly global march

The Black Death

The plague that caused the black Death originated in China in the early to mid-1300s and spread along trade routes westward to the Mediterranean and the Northern Africa. It reached southern England in 1348 and northern Britain and Scandinavian by 1350

The Black Death was the most devastating pandemic recorded in human history, resulting into the deaths of an estimated 75 to 200 million people in the Eurosia. The plague created a number of religious, social and economic upheavals. The population of Western Europe did not gain reach its pre-1348 level until the beginning of the 16th century.

The Black Death ravaged the continent for three years before it continued on into Russia, killing one-third of one-half of the entire population in ghastly fashion. The plague killed indiscriminately- young and old, rich and poor- but especially in the cities and among groups who had close contact with the sick. 

How did it end? The most popular theory of how the plague ended in through the implementation of quarantines... The number of people dying from the plague was already in decline before the fire, and people continued to die after 
it had been extinguished.

The Italian Plague of 1629-1631

The Italian plague of 1629-1631 was a series of outbreaks of bubonic plague which ravaged northern and central Italy. This epidemic, often referred to as the Great Plague of Milan, claimed possibly one million lives, or about 25% of the population.

Like the modern bubonic plague, scientists believe the Plague of Justinian spread through fleas. Studies indicate the plague may have originated in China or India  and was then transported to the fertile valleys of Egypt through trade route.

The Great Plague of London

Plague laid siege to the city of London several times during the 16th and the 17th centuries, most famous between 1665 and 1666. The wealthy-including the King Charles 11- fled to the countryside, leaving  the poor as the plague's main victims. As the sickness spread, London's authorities tried to contain the infected by quarantining them in their home, which were marked with a red cross. Somewhere between 75,000 and 100, 000 people eventually perished before the outbreak died down in 1666.

As scientists across the globe are searching for solutions of COVID-19 before it becomes severe, maybe they have to look into the similarities of previous pandemics, for example; airborne diseases, viral or bacterial, many causes pneumonia, transmitted by travelers, and many of them from China, similar path via European countries especially Italy being vulnerable while did not seem to cause much calamities in Africa than the rest of the world. Could it be the weather, foods or herbs being taken in Africa?

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Torch Ginger Mexican Restaurant in Entebbe
Kam Care Pharma Ltd, Plot 6, Prime Complex, Wilson Road.

Ecopharm Pharmacy, Capital Shoppers Mall-Ntinda

Eurojoi Pharmacy plot 3 William Street-Kampala
Backpackers-Mengo
Milleneum Supermarket- Kisemiti- Kololo
Cathy's message parlor at backpacks hostel Mengo-Kampala
Numack Pharmacy-Mengo, Kampala
Aidchild-Equation Gallery &Art cafe, Masaka-Mbarara Road.
Kenjoy Supermarket Najjanankubi, Entebbe Road.
Spring Pharmacy- Wilson Road
Mega Supermarket; Old tax park & Garden City Mall.
Frieeca Pharmacy- Wandegeya
Majex Pharmacy-Kajjansi
WestLink Pharmacy; Lubowa Quality Village Mall & Kitende, Entebbe Road.
Asian African Commodities- Italian Supermarket; Muyenga-Kabalagala.
Kasumba Square-Busega, Kampala
Access Pharmacy-Bukoto, Kiira Road opposite Victoria Hospital
JohnRich Supermarket; Kabalagala, Gaba Road.