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Should Covid-19 be classified as endemic or a pandemic?

Abigail Enabudoso

Coronavirus disease COVID-19 is a highly contagious infectious disease manifesting in severe acute respiratory syndrome. The disease has caused a catastrophic loss of life, with more than 2.9 million deaths being recorded. In this, it has emerged as the most detrimental worldwide health crisis since the Influenza Pandemic of 1918. Notably, the classification of infections as either endemic or pandemic remains a controversial issue in the medical fraternity. An epidemiologist would refer an infection whose overall transmission is static to be Endemic. However, the same virus can cause endemic, epidemic, or pandemic infections. This is because the population's behavior, susceptibility and immunity, and the emergence of Viral Variants play a part. The Covid-19 pandemic has been a lesson for policymakers to be critical in identifying this critical issue.

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