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Naming the new coronavirus – why taking Wuhan out of the picture matters

  • Written by Mari Webel, Assistant Professor of History, University of Pittsburgh
The virus that causes COVID-19 seems able to spread to anyone, anywhere.NIAID/Flickr, CC BY

Stop calling the novel coronavirus outbreak the “Wuhan coronavirus,” and start getting comfortable with “COVID-19.” That’s the World Health Organization’s recommended name for the disease.

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