The influenza epidemic of 1918/19
Bern (BE) — Around a century ago, in the spring of 1918, a deadly influenza epidemic began to spread across Europe, eventually plaguing even the Asian and African continents in several waves. The pandemic would claim the lives of 20-50 million people, most of whom were between 20 and 40 years of age. The disease, which was given the name 'the Spanish flu', would finally abate in 1919.
