What is the English introduction of novel coronavirus?

Tedros Adham Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, announced at the press conference of "Road Map of Scientific Research: novel coronavirus Global Research and Innovation Forum" on February 1 1 that the disease caused by novel coronavirus infection was officially named "Coronavirus Pneumonia-19".

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a news conference: "We have now given this disease a new name, coronavirus pneumonia-19." He pointed out that this phrase stands for "COronavirus disease in 20 19 years", in which co stands for coronavirus, VI stands for virus and D stands for disease.

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Naming process

After novel coronavirus's pneumonia case appeared in Wuhan, the name of the disease was different, but they all took the place name "Wuhan".

June 5438+1October 65438+February 2020, the World Health Organization officially named novel coronavirus, which caused the pneumonia epidemic in Wuhan, as "20 19 novel coronavirus", without mentioning "Wuhan".

There are rumors that novel coronavirus has been named SARI. In response to the naming of the virus, Maria D. Van Kerkhove, acting head of the Department of New Infectious Diseases and Animal Infectious Diseases of WHO, said that WHO has no time to discuss the naming of the virus now, and will do this work when it has time. Or 20 19-nCoV.

On February 1 1, the International Committee on Virus Classification announced at its official website that the English name of novel coronavirus was "novel coronavirus".

On the 9th of the same month, Academician Zhong Nanshan also said in an interview with the media that novel coronavirus and SARS coronavirus are the same, but not the same.

On June 12, the website of American Science magazine reported that John Zible, chairman of the Coronavirus Research Group of the International Viral Taxonomy Committee, said that they had put forward this name based on taxonomic research in gene sequencing and other aspects, "This name has no correlation with SARS disease".

According to media reports, some experts hold different opinions on the name proposed by the International Committee on Viral Taxonomy, and are discussing whether to promote the name change.

Baidu Encyclopedia -20 19 novel coronavirus

People's Daily Online-WHO officially named the disease caused by new coronary pneumonia as "coronavirus pneumonia-19".