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What is the Chinese translation of COVID?

COVID is pronounced: [k?:vd], the full name is Coronavirus Disease, which means new coronavirus.

On February 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that pneumonia caused by the new coronavirus would be officially named "COVID-19". The specific meaning of COVID-19 here is as follows: CO and VI both come from the English word for coronavirus: coronavirus. And D stands for: disease. The number 19 means: 2019, indicating that the virus was first discovered in 2019.

Transmission routes

Health and epidemic prevention experts emphasize that the confirmed routes of transmission of COVID-19 are mainly direct transmission, aerosol transmission and contact transmission.

Direct transmission refers to the infection caused by the direct inhalation of droplets and exhaled gas at close range when the patient sneezes, coughs, and talks; aerosol transmission refers to the droplets mixed in the air to form aerosols, which are then inhaled Cause infection.

Contact transmission means that droplets are deposited on the surface of objects, come into contact with contaminated hands, and then come into contact with mucous membranes such as the mouth, nose, and eyes, leading to infection.

The above content refers to Baidu Encyclopedia--New Coronavirus Pneumonia