COVID-19 Pandemic in Pakistan and Its Decline – An Overview
Ejaz Vohra
Pakistan Journal of Medicine and Dentistry · 2020-10
Abstract
Pandemics are scourge of humanity for the last many centuries. It is defined as epidemic of infectious disease, which spreads worldwide. Major pandemics have been diseases such as smallpox, tuberculosis, cholera, and plague which was responsible for 75-200 million deaths in 14th century, the plague continued as various epidemics until end of 19th century.
MeSH terms
- Plague (disease)
- Pandemic
- Smallpox
- Cholera
- Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
- Infectious disease (medical specialty)
- Virology
- Influenza pandemic
- Tuberculosis
- Humanity
- Geography
- 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak
- History