outbreak

the sudden start of something bad, e.g., a disease, a war, violence, etc. การระบาดของโรค, การเกิดขึ้นอย่างรุนแรงและทันทีทันใด

None of the children affected by the outbreak in Thailand have contracted the deadly strain of HFMD that has killed more than 50 children in Cambodia.

Darika Kingnate, director of disease control at the Public Health Ministry, said health officials had focused on the prevention of major disease outbreaks during the flood.

Increasing wages would also be a way to prevent the outbreak of social unrest and fulfil the government's policy promise during the election campaign.