World must adapt to changes brought about by coronavirus

Arabnewsksa13 Mar, 2020News

Two years ago, the world marked the 100-year anniversary of the start of the Spanish flu pandemic that claimed the lives of more than 50 million people. Historians state that, in March 1918, while the US was preparing to send its troops to Europe to fight in the First World War, a feverish soldier was reported at an infirmary in Kansas. A few hours later, hundreds of soldiers fell ill with the same flu-like symptoms. Other soldiers would then transmit the virus to Europe over the coming weeks. The crowded encampments during the war and the subsequent return of the troops to their homes caused the virus to spread swiftly to different countries and local communities.