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COVID-19 Pandemic
SARS-CoV-2 caused the worst pandemic in a century; 7 million deaths; vaccines developed in <1 year
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SARS-CoV-2 identified in Wuhan, China (December 2019); WHO declared pandemic March 2020
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7+ million deaths globally; India: 533,000 deaths; 330+ million cases worldwide
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mRNA vaccines (Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna) โ first mRNA vaccines ever authorised; India's Covaxin was inactivated virus
๐ Did you know? mRNA vaccines for COVID-19 were developed in 11 months โ the fastest vaccine development in history (previous record: 4 years for mumps)
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SARS-CoV-2 caused the worst pandemic in a century