Tuesday, February 11, 2020

WHO proposes an official name for the new coronavirus: COVID-19

The World Health Organization unveiled a new name for the coronavirus: COVID-19. According to the director general of the WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, this name does not refer to a “geographical location, animal, an individual or group of people” in an effort to avoid stigma by association with the disease.

As of Tuesday, Dr. Tedros reported that 1,017 people have died from the coronavirus, with the number of confirmed infections in China at 42,700 people. This is approximately 2,700 more than a day ago. Over 24 countries have reported cases of the coronavirus with 393 cases abroad.

The United States has 13 confirmed cases, including a 25-year-old man in Washington state, a couple in their 60s in Chicago, seven people in California, as well as single cases in Wisconsin, Arizona, and Massachusetts.

The New York Times has provided maps showing the spread of the outbreak, including one showing railway networks centered around Wuhan and neighboring Huanggang and Ezhou. As previously reported, Chinese authorities have continued to close off Wuhan canceling planes and trains and suspending buses, subways and ferries.

In the United States and other countries, several major airlines have reported plans to halt direct service to mainland China for months. While experts warn that closing borders to highly infectious pathogens does not fully succeed, such closures are hoped to allow more time to develop treatment and vaccines.

~~ Janette Rose Canare

Sources:
• “Coronavirus Updates: The Illness Now Has a Name: COVID-19.” The New York Times, February 12, 2020,. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/11/world/asia/coronavirus-china.html.

• Lai, K. K. Rebecca, Jin Wu, Allison McCann, Derek Watkins, Jugal K. Patel, and Richard Harris. “Coronavirus Map: Tracking the Spread of the Outbreak.” The New York Times, February 11, 2020. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/world/asia/china-wuhan-coronavirus-maps.html.

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