WHO announced the new name in its tweeter handle at @WHO that “we now have a name for 2019nCov disease.
“The new name is COVID-19.The CO stands for corona, the VI for virus and the D for disease.”
The UN health agency wanted a name that do not refer to a geographical location, animals, an individual or a group of people.
WHO is leading a two-day global research and innovation forum to mobilise international action in response to coronavirus outbreak in Geneva.
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