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6 New English From BBCLearningEnglish.com Hello, this is six-minute English from BBC Learning English, I'm Neil.
And I'm Georgina.
In this program, we're talking about something the whole world knows about coronavirus.
Sadly, COVID-19 has been responsible for more than two million deaths globally.
What's believed to have started in the city of Wuhan in China went on to become a pandemic,
a disease that affects many people around the world.
Unsurprisingly, we've discussed this a lot on six-minute English,
but over a year on, since the first outbreak, it's good to take stock,
or look back over the situation and see what we have learned,
and find out how our knowledge has changed.
Before we do that, Georgina, let's test your knowledge with a question.
In 1918, stroke 1919, another major virus, known as Spanish flu, swept across the world,
do you know approximately how many people were infected by it?
Was it A, 5 million?
B, 50 million, or C, 500 million?
Well, I know it was bad, so I'm going for the awful number of 500 million.
OK, I'll reveal the right answer later on.
Now, back to the current coronavirus pandemic.