He has been criticised for consistently overclaiming on the provision of equipment and testing capability, and for playing down the chances of a severe outbreak.

To complete its disasters, the town had a severe outbreak of the plague in 1596.

Some information suggests that after a severe outbreak farmers could see yields as low as one ton per hectare.

In 1930 a severe outbreak of chicken-pox and measles reduced the school's numbers from twenty-nine to five, but the school soon recovered.

It had been scheduled the year prior but delayed due to a severe outbreak of cholera.