Raging coronavirus from China named COVID-19 by WHO

The head of the World Health Organization said Tuesday that it has named the new coronavirus raging in China and elsewhere COVID-19, a word coined from an abbreviation of the virus name and the year of the first reported infection.In revealing the name at a press conference, WHO Director General Tedros Ghebreyesus said that the organization picked a name that does not refer to China's central city Wuhan -- the epicenter of the pneumonia-like illness -- or the country based on international agreements."Under agreed guidelines between WHO, the World Organization for Animal Health and the Food…READ FULL ARTICLE