global epidemic
Disease spanning continents
A global epidemic is a disease outbreak that has spread across multiple countries or continents, affecting large numbers of people simultaneously.
The term is largely synonymous with pandemic, though epidemic technically refers to a disease spreading within a specific population or region while pandemic emphasizes worldwide scale.
Health officials warned the virus could become a global epidemic if containment measures failed.
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
- pandemicGlobal disease outbreak
- outbreakSudden eruption of trouble
- public health emergencyDeclared population-wide medical threat
- mental health crisisSevere psychological distress episode
vaccine development · vaccination · antiviral drugs · economic recession · supply chain disruption · transmission · zoonotic disease · superspreader · pathogen · contact tracing · fever screening · emergency preparedness · case fatality rate · lockdown · shelter in place · mask mandate · flatten the curve · social distancing
global epidemicregional outbreak
Concentrated disease emergence
endemic disease · cluster · community spread · localized infection
global epidemiceradication
Total elimination of something
disease eradication · zero cases · containment · immunity · herd immunity
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