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Covid19 where is the name from



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amother
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Post Wed, Mar 25 2020, 8:41 am
Why is corona virus called covid19?
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amother
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Post Wed, Mar 25 2020, 8:45 am
It is a type of Cornavirus.
The disease is COVID19
The virus that causes it is SARS-CoV-2
For reference think AIDS is the disease caused by the virus HIV.
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Post Wed, Mar 25 2020, 8:45 am
Corona virus disease- 2019
Because that’s when it started
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Post Wed, Mar 25 2020, 8:46 am
The new name of this disease is coronavirus disease 2019, abbreviated as COVID-19. In COVID-19, ‘CO’ stands for ‘corona,’ ‘VI’ for ‘virus,’ and ‘D’ for disease. Formerly, this disease was referred to as “2019 novel coronavirus” or “2019-nCoV”.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronaviru......html
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amother
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Post Wed, Mar 25 2020, 8:51 am
Here is a Video explaining it.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/w.....3famp
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Amelia Bedelia




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Mar 25 2020, 10:15 am
And I was wondering where the name corona came from. Who decided to call it coronavirus?
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amother
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Post Wed, Mar 25 2020, 10:18 am
Amelia Bedelia wrote:
And I was wondering where the name corona came from. Who decided to call it coronavirus?


Coranviruses are viruses that have a "crown" shape corona meaning crown.
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Post Wed, Mar 25 2020, 10:27 am
amother [ Hotpink ] wrote:
Coranviruses are viruses that have a "crown" shape corona meaning crown.

Thanks!
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