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The world has witnessed many outbreaks of communicable diseases as epidemics or Pandemics, wiping out a huge mass of population. Since the 1970s more than 40 infectious diseases have emerged including SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome), Ebola, Swine flu, Bird flu, Zika virus, Nipah virus and most recently Covid 19. Due to the rapid industrialization and fast paced urbanization, people are travelling more and living in more densely populated areas. This increases the chances of an infectious disease emerging, spreading and developing in to a pandemic which is a global concern.

When we look back in history, we can see that viral epidemics occurred on a regular basis eg. Spanish flu is estimated to have killed 25 million people in 1918, Asian flu is believed to have killed 2 million in 1957 and Hong Kong flu killed nearly 1 million people in 1968. Today the whole world is reeling under the assault of Corona virus (Covid 19).