Deadly coronavirus given official name 'Covid-19'

A pair of goggles made by a 3D printer in China. Image: PA Images A pair of goggles made by a 3D printer in China. Image: PA Images THE WORLD HEALTH Organisation has said that “Covid-19″ would be the new official name for the deadly coronavirus that was first identified in China on 31 December.

Covid-19 is a new strain of coronavirus that is the seventh known type of coronavirus that humans can contract. Dr Ghebreyesus told a press conference that a name was decided 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”.

Important they got that name sorted

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