The disease caused by the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has been given new name COVID-19 by the international body WHO which makes no reference to any of the people, places or animals associated with this virus.
Penyakit yang disebabkan oleh kematian coronavirus novel yang telah meragut ribuan nyawa setakat ini telah diberi nama baharu COVID-19
Akronim Covid-19 bermaksud Corona virus Penyakit 2019, as this highly infectious penyakit was first diagnosed last year.
Under international guidelines, the W.H.O. “has to find a name that does not refer to a geographical location, an animal, an individual or group of people, and which is also pronounceable and related to the penyakit, "
In keeping with this policy to avoid stigmatising, WHO chose the new name COVID-19 which makes no reference to any of the people, places or animals associated with this virus.
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