Since early December 2019,the novel coronavirus has caused an outbreak of pneumonia that has claimed over 2000 lives,with more than 77,000 confirmed cases of infection by February 23,2020 in China.[1]The World Health ...Since early December 2019,the novel coronavirus has caused an outbreak of pneumonia that has claimed over 2000 lives,with more than 77,000 confirmed cases of infection by February 23,2020 in China.[1]The World Health Organization(WHO)recently named the disease caused by this new coronavirus as"coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)".The International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses(ICTV)has named the new virus"severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2)".[2]However,questions have been raised by different academic and professional bodies regarding whether the nomenclature is appropriate.展开更多
文摘Since early December 2019,the novel coronavirus has caused an outbreak of pneumonia that has claimed over 2000 lives,with more than 77,000 confirmed cases of infection by February 23,2020 in China.[1]The World Health Organization(WHO)recently named the disease caused by this new coronavirus as"coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)".The International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses(ICTV)has named the new virus"severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2)".[2]However,questions have been raised by different academic and professional bodies regarding whether the nomenclature is appropriate.
