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Now that the World Health Organization has named it, we have revised our style: COVID-19 is acceptable on first reference for the coronavirus disease that first appeared in late 2019 in Wuhan, China. Explain later in the story.The disease is caused by a virus called 2019-nCoV.
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Oh good, that’s an easy one to remember.
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The disease is called COVID-19 as named by WHO; the virus is called SARS-CoV-2 as named by the ICTV
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Not very snappy tbh, might wanna workshop it a bit more.
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Please take note
#RWUJour! Next AP style quiz is next week!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Are you sure
@APStylebook about the last sentence. We though 2019-nCoV was the tentative name, not the name of the virus. COVID-19 is the new name of the virus.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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I've never seen or heard anyone call it COVID-19. Everyone's calling it coronavirus.
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#WuFlu rolls off the tongue better though.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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One of the specific guidelines when naming it was that it wasn't named after a place…
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