Sentence examples for previous epidemics from inspiring English sources

This year's outbreak falls well short of previous epidemics.

"All previous epidemics, except this one, occurred in Central Africa," he said.

When previous epidemics such as the Sars virus and bird flu were declared international health emergencies, many governments were criticised for overreacting or underreacting.

But residents have been turning to another "cure", which they say has been tried and tested during previous epidemics in the country.

An industry that has learned the lessons of previous epidemics — the avian flu crises in 1997 and 2004 and the outbreak of SARS in 2003 — is better prepared this time around, while improved communication on the progress of the disease means that travelers are less inclined to panic, the air transport group said.

That may help explain why the complications of Zika virus infections have been more severe in South and Central America than in previous epidemics elsewhere.

The number of acres killed in the last decade or so is 10 times that of any previous epidemic recorded, and it's not over.

The violence in Edomex is disconcertingly reminiscent of a previous epidemic of femicides: between 1993 and 2005, 379 women were murdered in Ciudad Juárez, a city in the border state of Chihuahua.

In particular, the GBS has been observed in a previous epidemic in French Polynesia [2].

After implementation of our actions, 40 50 (81%) mothers kept breastfeeding as before (vs. 49% in the previous epidemic season, p < 0.05), 4 mothers (8%) stopped, 4 (8%) switched to partial breastfeeding and 2 (4%) reduced without stopping.

However, the high prevalence of NoV outbreaks in the epidemic year 06 07 was caused by two of GII.4 variants that had emerged simultaneously (2006a and 2006b) and the total number of NoV outbreaks observed was higher than those identified in previous epidemic years.