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By the third wave, contemporary reports stated the virus could kill a healthy person within a day. This resulted in a situation in which anyone having contracted Spanish Flu either died or became immune, slowing the spread of the virus.

By the summer of , the third wave was over and the pandemic ended. The global spread of the flu is often referred to as "the forgotten pandemic" because it was overshadowed by the First World War and media blackouts in many countries at the time.

This is despite the fact it claimed over twice as many lives, with an estimated 20 million killed in the conflict. Yet, Spanish Flu, or H1N1 as it is officially known, isn't "dead. Treasury: Arizona risks relief funds over anti-mandate rules. Newsweek See more videos. Click to expand.

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Defence National International Industry. International UAE. Saudi Arabia. World News. Rate Story. Willem Hanekom, executive director of the Africa Health Research Institute, which carried out the study, said it was important to be "extraordinarily careful" interpreting the results because they only reflect a laboratory setting, while real-world data was the true test.

Antibody reductions were also seen in studies by German and Swedish researchers, but they varied in magnitude. Omicron counts more than 30 mutations on the spike protein that dots the surface of the coronavirus and allows it to invade cells, and a high degree of immune evasion was widely anticipated. But the fact that a booster appears to restore high protection was welcomed by many experts, and provides "strong support for the campaign to give three doses of vaccine," said Charles Bangham, an immunologist at Imperial College London.

While the positive initial assessments of Omicron have helped lift the mood, especially among global markets as fears of another economic downturn subsided, the variant's emergence has highlighted that the fight against the pandemic is far from over.

Covid has officially killed more than 5.