The COVID-19 crisis stopped economies across the globe in their tracks, but it’s far from being the only outbreak to have shaken the world in the past. From Spanish Influenza to SARS, we look into the costs of previous epidemics and pandemics, and how economies recovered in the aftermath

Just as West African economies were picking up speed after years of war and turmoil, more devastation hit – Ebola. But almost as powerful as the outbreak itself in bringing down the affected economies is the fear it has generated globally