Pandemic is an outbreak that covers a wide geographical area.

• A. True
• B. False
• C. It is limited to a single city
• D. It only affects animals

Answer: (A)

A pandemic is a disease outbreak that spreads across wide geographical areas, crossing borders and often affecting many countries or continents. This broad spread sets it apart from outbreaks that stay in one city or region, or from epidemics that, while widespread, don’t reach global scale. The concept focuses on how far the disease travels and how many populations are impacted, not just how many cases occur. For example, the COVID-19 pandemic and the 1918 influenza pandemic involved multiple countries and continents. Saying it is limited to a single city would describe an outbreak or a localized epidemic, while saying it only affects animals would misrepresent the human-focused definition of a pandemic.