Pandemics: A COVID-19 perspective

Abstract

[ ]though, how do we define the terms pandemic, epidemic, outbreak and cluster? [ ]the microorganism has to be pathogenic, that is, be able to infect and cause disease in humans [ ]it needs to be able to easily spread between humans6, like COVID-19, which is spread by large droplets, fomite and aerosol transmission from airways and through contaminate surfaces as contact transmission8