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Naming
WHO recognises the new name, scale and nature of the virus
NAMING
WHO announced “COVID-19” (previously known as 2019 novel coronavirus) as the name of this new disease on February 11, 2020, following guidelines previously developed with the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). This new virus and disease were unknown before the outbreak began in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. It’s believed that in December 2019 someone at Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan was infected with a virus from an animal.
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