COVID-19 has claimed more than 141 million victims to date. It has swept through countries and continents, caused massive human suffering, shaken financial markets and upended societies.
But while it is unprecedented, Covid-19 follows a number of diseases that have emerged in recent decades, such as Ebola, AIDS, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), avian influenza and swine flu.
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