WHO Officially Names Coronavirus 'COVID-19'

The World Health Organization has officially named the deadly coronavirus that broke out from Wuhan in China COVID-19.

Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the global body, announced the new name at a conference in Geneva on Tuesday afternoon.

He said at the conference that: 'C-o stands for corona, v-i stands for virus, d for disease – so, COVID.

''Under agreed guidelines between WHO, the World Organization for Animal Health and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations we had to find a name that did not refer to a geographical location, an animal, an individual or group of people, and which is also pronounceable and related to the disease.
Having a name matters to prevent the use of other names that can be inaccurate or stigmatising.
It also gives us a standard format to use for any future coronavirus outbreaks.''

🚨 BREAKING 🚨

"We now have a name for the #2019nCoV disease:

COVID-19.

I’ll spell it: C-O-V-I-D hyphen one nine – COVID-19"

-@DrTedros #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/Kh0wx2qfzk

— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) February 11, 2020