HISTORY : How influenza killed 500,000 out of 18 million Nigerians in 1918
THROWBACK: How influenza killed 500,000 out of 18 million Nigerians in 1918. 106 years after Nigeria is faced with another pandemic – Coronavirus The Influenza Global Pandemic of 1918-1919. Á ò rí’rú eléyì rí, a fií dé rù b’omo ni; unprecedented is just a word, there’s really nothing new under the sun! In this season of Coronavirus pandemic, let us look back at some devastating epidemics that has affected us in the past. The 1918 influenza pandemic was the most severe pandemic in recent history. It was caused by an H1N1 virus with genes of avian origin. Although there is no universal consensus regarding where the virus originated, it spread worldwide between 1918-1919. It is estimated that about 500 million people or one-third of the world’s population became infected with this virus. The number of deaths was estimated to be at least 50 million worldwide according to the CDC. About 500,000 Nigerians, out of a population of 18million, die...