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This is a list of the largest known epidemics and pandemics caused by an infectious disease in humans. Widespread non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease and cancer are not included.
By 17 March 2020, every country in Europe had confirmed a case, [3] and all have reported at least one death, with the exception of Vatican City. Italy was the first European country to experience a major outbreak in early 2020, becoming the first country worldwide to introduce a national lockdown. [4]
Smallpox and measles viruses are among the oldest that infect humans. Having evolved from viruses that infected other animals, they first appeared in humans in Europe and North Africa thousands of years ago.
31 lip 2021 · COVID-19 entered central Europe and the Balkan states 1–2 wk after the first reported cases in western Europe. It is assumed that COVID-19 entered Poland, The Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Greece, Slovenia, Croatia, Bulgaria and Romania from western European countries (Figure 1).
4 gru 2021 · Understanding the spread of SARS-CoV-2, how and when evidence emerged, and the timing of local, national, regional, and global responses is essential to establish how an outbreak became a pandemic and to prepare for future health threats.
26 lis 2020 · We then asked which of these elements best explains the differences among European countries, and by what mechanism (figure 1). The skew-logistic model gives an excellent description of COVID-19 epidemics in 24 European countries (figures 1 and 2; electronic supplementary material).
9 paź 2024 · On 30 January 2020, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General declared the novel coronavirus outbreak a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), WHO's highest level of alarm. At that time there were 98 cases and no deaths in 18 countries outside China.
