The 1918 Spanish flu pandemic that killed millions of people around the world offers insight into and warning on how much damage the rampaging COVID-19 can cause if not well managed, OLADIMEJI RAMO...
The 1918 Spanish flu pandemic that killed millions of people around the world offers insight into and warning on how much damage the rampaging COVID-19 can cause if not well managed, OLADIMEJI RAMON writes
The United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organisation, the World Health Organisation and the World Trade Organisation have warned of the risk of a worldwide “food shortage” if authorities fail to manage the crisis properly. The online site said just as the case with COVID-19 now, “at that 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.”
Fatigue has also been reported – and less commonly, diarrhea. It may feel as if you have a cold. Or you may feel that flu-like feeling of being hit by a train. Other countries that have recorded heavy fatalities from COVID-19 are Spain, with 13,798 deaths; the United States, with 10,943 deaths; and China, with 3,331 deaths.Spain, Italy and China have 140,510; 132,547; and 81,740 confirmed cases, respectively.
COVID-19 daily updates on Worldometer show that as of early Tuesday, 293,668 patients have recovered out of the 1,362,119 total confirmed cases across the globe. The recovery of the Canadian First Lady, Sophie Trudeau, from COVID-19 as well as the victory of the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, over the disease are also a symbol of hope for the world that many more of the afflicted will survive.
History shows that following a mutation of the virus, a second wave of the 1918 Spanish flu surfaced and dealt more devastating blow to the world.
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