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The predicted date of the end of the world, according to this psychic well known for predictions. [152] 11 Sep 1999 Philip Berg: Berg, dean of the worldwide Kabbalah Centre, stated that on this date "a ball of fire will descend, destroying almost all of mankind, all vegetation, all forms of life." [153] 1999 Charles Berlitz
1957–1958 influenza pandemic ('Asian flu') 1957–1958 Worldwide Influenza A virus subtype H2N2: 1–4 million [187] [203] [204] 1960–1962 Ethiopia yellow fever epidemic 1960–1962 Ethiopia: Yellow fever: 30,000 [205] Seventh cholera pandemic: 1961–present Worldwide Cholera (El Tor strain) 36,000 [citation needed] [206] Hong Kong flu ...
The index case for the outbreak is believed to be a 27-year-old man who was being treated at King Faisal Hospital in Kigali after being exposed to the virus from contact with bats. [14] On 28 September 2024, the World Health Organization was informed of a first ever Marburg virus disease outbreak in Rwanda. [15]
In May 2022, the WHO estimated the number of excess deaths by the end of 2021 to be 14.9 million compared to 5.4 million reported COVID-19 deaths, with the majority of the unreported 9.5 million deaths believed to be direct deaths due the virus, rather than indirect deaths.
The timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic lists the articles containing the chronology and epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2, [1] the virus that causes the coronavirus disease 2019 and is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. The first human cases of COVID-19 occurred in Wuhan, People's Republic of China, on or about 17 November 2019. [2]
The bird flu outbreak took several concerning turns this year, with the number of human cases up to at least 65. Experts outlined several indicators that the virus’ spread is going in the wrong ...
Researchers analyzed aspects of a person’s life story between 2008 and 2016, with the model seeking patterns in the data. Then, they used the algorithm to determine whether someone had died by 2020.
The official count of COVID-19 deaths as of December 2021 is slightly more than 5.4 million, according to World Health Organization's report in May 2022. WHO also said that the real numbers are far higher than the official tally because of unregistered deaths in countries without adequate reporting.