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    Disease caused by the novel coronavirus officially has a name: Covid-19

    Disease caused by the novel coronavirus officially has a name: Covid-19.
    by Andrew Joseph Feb 11, 2020 1 minute
    This CDC illustration reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses.

    The disease caused by the novel coronavirus has a name: Covid-19.

    Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the World Health Organization, announced the name Tuesday, giving a specific identifier to a disease that has been confirmed in more than 42,000 people

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