WIRS Pandemic
| Disease | WIRS (Wittelbach Respiratory Syndrome)
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| Virus strain | WIRS-CoV
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| Arrival date | 27 December 2024 |
| Origin | Wittelbach, Autocratic East Europan Imperial Alliance |
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The WIRS Pandemic is a pandemic involving the WIRS-CoV, a strain of the coronavirus. There are two waves that occurred, with the first lasting from 27 December 2024 to 4 April 2025, and the second from 21 February 2026 to 10 June 2026. The pandemic has totaled 752.14 million – 1.85 billion confirmed cases, with its death toll at an astounding 219.97 – 255.76 million according to rough estimates, making it the deadliest pandemic to ever occur in Eordis.
History
First Wave (December 2024-April 2025)
The first cases were confirmed on 30 December 2024 in Lorica, with patient zero, according to a released CDC report, stating that he was infected three days before.
Second Wave (February-June 2026)
This wave emerged on 21 February 2025, originating in Concordia. It was discovered that the virus had mutated to take on traits of the CONCORBO virus, a strain of Ebola. Designated WIRS/N26-CoV, this new strain of the virus can cause similar symptoms of WIRS, but can induce hemorrhagic fever upon a patient after 10 – 15 days after incubation. Afterwards, combined with pneumonia, shock ensues and the patient dies. With this characteristic, WIRS has undertaken a new variation that has induced more deaths than the first wave, including the original WIRS. Moreover, the new variation of the diseases has been designated WIRS Type II.
Epidemiology
Virology
WIRS-CoV
N26 mutation
The N26 mutation of the virus allows it to induce similar symptoms of WIRS but can induce hemorrhagic fever and internal bleeding upon a patient; the mutation has also been designated as "WIRS-26nCoV," "Wave 2 WIRS-CoV" and "WIRS-CoV-pdm26w2." Because of this and it has been rampant alongside the original WIRS, N26 presents a more lethal form of the disease.