The World Health Organisation on Tuesday said “Covid-19” would be the new official name for the deadly coronavirus, Igbere TV reports.
Igbere TV reports that the deadly virus, which was first identified in China on December 31, has claimed over 1,000 lives.
WHO head, Tedros Ghebreyesus, told journalists in Geneva, Switzerland: “We now have a name for the disease and it’s Covid-19.”
He explained that ‘co’ stood for ‘corona’, ‘vi’ for ‘virus’ while ‘d’ for ‘disease’.
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