You’ve been seeing the word “coronavirus” all over the news lately, and for good reason. The new strain of the virus that was traced to China has now claimed over 1,000 lives and has infected tens of thousands of people.
But there are different strains of coronavirus, so an official name makes sense if we want to differentiate this particular outbreak from other varieties of the same virus. The World Health Organization finally got around to naming this particular strain of coronavirus, so say hello to Covid-19.
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WHO gives coronavirus a new name originally appeared on BGR.com on Tue, 11 Feb 2020 at 20:11:10 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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