Pandemic - Word of the week

Our word of the week is Pandemic. Mainly, pandemic was among the top lookups on Merriam-Webster website on February 24, 2020, after the reports of the global spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. The term pandemic represents an outbreak of a disease over a wide geographic area that affects an exceptionally high proportion of the population. Pandemic differs from an epidemic because an epidemic is confined to specific group in a localized area. Therefore, a pandemic is a widespread and extensive epidemic.
(https://www.merriam-webster.com/news-trend-watch/pandemic-spikes-amid-reports-20200224)


Below is a short video about the common handshake to avoid the spread of a pandemic.