COVID-19
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Quick quiz on COVID-19 virus trivia
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Stylish Dragon
Interesting quiz..
Groovy Sheep
Question 5: What is the new name for COVID-19 given By World Health Organisation?.
The given answer is Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)

In fact, Covid-19 is the name of disease and formerly known as 2019-nCoV.

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the name of virus that causes the disease.

Please refer to WHO official website.

Thank you
Bold Cockroach author
Thank you Groovy Sheep for pointing that out. I had seen that on a local newspaper.
Mad Bull
Question: what is the new name of COVID-19. Your answer as SARS-COV-2 is incorrect.
WHO announced “COVID-19” as the name of this new disease on 11 February 2020
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/technical-guidance/naming-the-coronavirus-disease-(covid-2019)-and-the-virus-that-causes-it#:~:text=WHO%20announced%20“COVID-19”,the%20United%20Nations%20(FAO).
Bold Cockroach author
Hi Mad Bull, thank you for providing the link to the correct answer. As mentioned, the answer had taken from a local newspaper. Had tried searching for the article again to check but was unable to locate it. Will post if the article is found.
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