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Novel Coronavirus Renamed
14 February 2020
On 12 February 2020 the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced the official new name for the novel coronavirus disease as COVID-19.
‘COVID’ is an abbreviated form of ‘coronavirus disease’, and ‘19’ is the year of identification.
The International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses has designated the name of the virus that causes COVID-19 as 'severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2' (SARS-CoV-2).
SA Pathology will add these names to the pathology test request catalogues.
Regards
Dr Tom Dodd
Clinical Service Director
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This information was published 14/2/2020 @ 9:00am and reflects information available at that time.
The data available is likely to change over time and you are encouraged to visit the following resources for up to date information.
- Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Information for Health Professionals
- Collection of Respiratory Virus Specimens (pdf)