India's Covid vaccination tally over 9.25 cr with around 30 lakh new jabs As we enter the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the end of its rampage seems nowhere near. Nearly all countries across the world are reporting a second onslaught or 'wave' of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus-caused infection, with some countries including India witnessing a more aggressive spread. Around 100 years ago, another pandemic devastated the world and claimed over 50 million worldwide—the Spanish Flu. Its second 'wave' is said to have been worse than the first. Perhaps, it's time to look to the past to survive the present? Caused by the H1N1 influenza A virus, the pandemic lasted approximately between February 1918 to April 1920. Nearly one-third of the global population at the time, or 500 million, were infected by the disease. Most countries faced three successive waves, with the second wave decimating several countries according to historians.