Worst Pandemics: pandemic in which human skin used to rot...
5 years ago, i.e. in 2020, a pandemic named Corona brought the whole world to its knees. Millions of people died in this pandemic. Covid-19 started from Wuhan city of china, which gradually took over the whole world. During that time, lockdown was imposed everywhere. The names and traces of humans were almost erased from the streets. After that, now in the beginning of the year 2025, a new virus has started from China itself, which is being called HMVP. Although, it has not caused much serious problem till now, but it cannot be taken lightly either. Two cases of this have also come in India, for which guidelines have already been issued.
Today we are going to tell you about such a dangerous pandemic of the world, which is called one of the most notorious epidemics in human history. It is known as the Black Death. According to a report by the university of Idaho, it caused massive devastation in europe, Asia and Africa in the 14th century. This medieval plague killed an estimated 75 million to about 200 million people. It is believed that this epidemic started in Asia and was spread by fleas, which were going to europe with rats and other animals on ships.
Start of Black Death in Europe
The Black Death came to europe in october 1347, when 12 ships from the Black sea arrived at the port of Messina in Sicily. The scene that was seen there was horrific: most of the sailors on the ships were either dead or very seriously ill, their bodies were covered with black boils, from which blood and pus were flowing. local authorities immediately ordered the ships to leave the port, but by then it was too late. The plague had already started its deadly journey to Europe.
More than a third of Europe's population was killed
Over the next five years, the plague killed more than a third of Europe's population. By the 1340s, the plague had ravaged china, India, Persia, syria and Egypt. The devastation of the Black Death was not limited to Europe. Trade routes connecting Asia, Africa and europe helped the plague spread rapidly. A bacteria called Yersinia pestis was responsible for this plague.
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