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The new coronavirus will soon have its own name

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The name currently used & nbsp; refers to the group of coronaviruses, but a group of researchers is working on a specific name, reveals the BBC.


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The name currently used refers to the group of coronaviruses, but a group of researchers is working on a specific name, reveals the BBC.

For weeks it has been raging in China and in some twenty other countries, the coronavirus, or more exactly its current version, has wrongly been named after the group of viruses to which it belongs. Far from being anecdotal, the way in which it is referred to is the subject of work, and should change in the coming days, reports the BBC.

The temporary scientific name of the virus, recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), is 2019-nCoV, developed according to the year of its discovery, the “n”, signifying that it is new, and letters “CoV”, referring to the group of coronaviruses. The latter itself takes its name from the spikes in the shape of a crown that can be observed under a microscope in these viruses.

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But why, then, change the name of this killer to the hundreds of victims? “The naming of a new virus is often delayed and the emphasis has so far been on the public health response, which is understandable,” researcher and assistant professor John John told BBC Hopkins Center for Health Security. However, the designation 2019-nCOV “is not easy to use and the media and the general public use other terms” to refer to the virus, the scientist continued. Therefore, “the danger, when you don’t have an official name, is that people start to use terms like” Chinese virus “, which can create a backlash against certain populations”.

The situation is expected to change soon, however, as the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) has been on the bridge for two weeks to resolve the problem. And, to avoid stereotypes and other complications related to any (…)

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