World Health Organization names the new coronavirus: Covid-19

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'Having a name matters to prevent the use of other names that can be inaccurate or stigmatizing,' Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the WHO, told reporters.

The CO stands for corona, the VI for virus and the D for disease.

Medical staff check a patient's condition at a temporary hospital converted from "Wuhan Livingroom" in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 10, 2020.The flu-like coronavirus that has sickened more than 43,100 people in over two dozen countries now has a name: Covid-19. "Having a name matters to prevent the use of other names that can be inaccurate or stigmatizing," Tedros told reporters. "It also gives us a standard format to use for any future coronavirus outbreak."

 

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This is wrong. COVID-19 is the new name of the 'disease' not the name if the 'virus'.

This is now the 2nd name for this virus. Can't anyone get it right and settle on one name?

Is corona off the hook?

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