The global death toll from Covid-19, which is set to pass five million, is already far worse than most other viral epidemics of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Passersby wearing protective masks stroll through Kabukicho entertainment district during the COVID-19 pandemic in Tokyo, Japan April 6, 2021. REUTERS/Androniki Christodoulou/File Photo, which is set to pass five million, is already far worse than most other viral epidemics of the 20th and 21st centuries.
In 2002-2003, Covid’s predecessor SARS which emerged from China was the first coronavirus to spark global fears, but killed just 774 people.The Covid-19 toll has often been compared to that of seasonal flu, which, without hitting the headlines, accounts for between 290,000 and 650,000 deaths worldwide every year out of around five million serious cases, according to the WHO.
In three successive waves it wiped out 50 million to 100 million people, according to research published in the 2000s. The toll is much higher than the 10 million who died in World War I.The death toll from Covid-19 is far higher than that of the deadly hemorrhagic fever Ebola, which was first identified in 1976.
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