Question

write the difference between outbreak ,pandemic and epidemic with example...

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Explanation:

outbreak:-

• In this case, the disease spread is on a small scale and unusual. The number of cases is usually small and the area that the disease covers is small as well.
• New diseases give rise to outbreaks as it is immediately noticeable since the symptoms are new.
• For example, a case wherein around 10-20 kids in a class come down with a stomach flu is an outbreak.

epidemic :-

• In this case, the disease is on a bigger scale and spreading.
• An epidemic covers a much larger geographical area than an outbreak.
• When the Coronavirus or COVID-19 cases started to come up outside Wuhan in China, it was noted that the Coronavirus outbreak was turning into a Coronavirus epidemic.

pandemic :-

• In this case, the disease is on an international scale and out of control.
• When an epidemic spreads to multiple countries, it is considered to be a pandemic. A pandemic is the highest level of global health emergency.
• In recorded history, WHO has declared only two pandemics -- for influenza in 1918 and for influenza H1N1 in 2009. So, Coronavirus being declared a pandemic is a historic event.