Netflix recently released a very timely trailer of their new topical series, Coronavirus: Explained. The documentary will explore the 2020 health crisis that forever changed the world.

COVID-19 is a respiratory illness that ravaged across the world in a few months since health officials first reported its existence in December 2019. To date, it has infected more than 2,6 million worldwide, with more cases expected to add to the tally in the coming months.

Coronavirus, Explained will offer an in-depth view of the outbreak that caused people around the world to hit pause and hunker down. It also provides viewers an insight into the efforts of medical researchers and scientists to combat the devious virus.

The limited series is expected to touch base with how the virus came into existence and how it might come to an end. Netflix's docuseries is a definite must-watch amid the ever-growing fear and panic of the pandemic of the century.


Coronavirus, Explained will premiere on the streaming giant on April 26. Watch the haunting trailer below:


In January, Netflix released a very chilling medical docuseries discussing previous pandemics that crippled the world and the economy. The series, aptly named as Pandemic: How to Prevent an Outbreak, shines a spotlight on front-liners who fought deadly influenza cases.

The streaming platform released the documentary back in January. While it initially failed to rack up viewers, the new isolation policies skyrocketed the series to become one of the most popular searches in the past month.

Pandemic's first three episodes were filmed in 2019 before Chinese health officials reported the first novel coronavirus case. The events explained how viral outbreaks begin and how it's transmitted across nations.

The docuseries mentions previous pandemics, including Ebola and the 1918 Spanish Flu, both of which are equally terrifying.


Ebola 2014 - 2016

In 2014, several urban areas in West African countries suffered a lethal outbreak of the Ebola virus. The virus is a rare, severe illness known to attack a patient's immune system. It causes extreme fluid loss, internal and external bleeding. Ebola claims its victims within a week after initial symptoms, on average.

The Ebola outbreak put local and global health care systems to the test. Many criticized the World Health Organization for its slow response to the outbreak. By the end of 2015, the virus claimed more than 11,300 people.


Spanish Flu 1918 - 1920

The 1918 Spanish Flu is considered one of the worst influenza outbreak in the world's history. The flu affected both young and old, healthy, and not. The mortality rate also varied between different age groups, making it harder for health workers to treat patients at the time.

More than 500 million people were infected in its two-year rampage. By the end of its spree, it killed 50 million people worldwide.


Coronavirus Theory

Pandemic: How to Prevent an Outbreak starts with a very alarming theory: the world is due for a new and fast-moving lethal virus.

The series, according to one of its executive producers, aimed to inform people of another dangerous pathogen before it emerged. It has a very inspiring and visually stunning narrative that introduces viewers to multiple heroes, such as health workers, scientists, and disaster experts.

Pandemic will move its audience to tears as it features the dedication of front-liners---with dying and murdered. It highlights the overworked medical staff, the workers who rarely see their families, the researchers grinding hours looking for possible vaccines and cures.

All of it shows that the cooperation between people from different walks of life can make significant advances in winning against a massive virus.

Watch the trailer for Pandemic: How to Prevent an Outbreak below:


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