Bolivian H2 Alpha Super-Flu Pandemic

Plague / Epidemic

Earth quarantined

Outbreak of the Bolivian H2 Alpha super-flu strain across Central and South America on Earth. Bolivian H2 Alpha, nicknamed the "Sterility Plague", rapidly goes pandemic. Earth is quarantined by the UEF in an effort to stop the plague spreading to the fledgling offworld colonies. By the time Bolivian H2 Alpha is brought under control with a vaccine developed by the Japanese firm Zen Medical, it has claimed 114.3 million victims. Over a billion people become sterile as a side effect of the plague.