冠狀病毒coronavirus怎麼命名?

冠狀病毒(coronavirus)英文不難懂:corona(日冕)+virus(病毒),因為它的外觀有凸狀物,會像日暈一樣向外發散。世界衛生組織正式定名為COVID-19:COrona+VIrus+Disease(疾病)與2019年。

冠狀病毒淺談

coronavirus 冠狀病毒
A:I wonder why the World Health Organization gave a new name for the coronavirus disease.
(我想知道,為何世衛組織要將新型冠狀病毒疾病更名。)
B:It's because they want something non-controversial that doesn't refer to a specific location, animal or a group of people.
(因為想取一個不帶爭議指涉特定位置、動物或人群的名字。)

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