EUROPE AND ASIA, TWO CONTINENTS IN WHICH TWO EPIDEMICS BROKE OUT OVER THE COURSE OF A CENTURY: THE SPANISH FLU IN 1918 AND THE CORONAVIRUS (2019-NCOV)

The first suspected cases of Coronavirus have been reported on 31st of December 2019, the first symptoms appearing since the start of December, more precisely on the 8th of December. The source of the virus outbreak has been located at the center food market of the Chinese town, Wuhan, which was shut down on the 1st of January 2020. Along with the administrative measures, the people who showed signs and symptoms specific to the coronavirus infection were isolated and placed in quarantine. Over 10.000 people who have been exposed to possibly infected individuals were initially being monitored then placed into quarantine as well and offered treatment.