Confused about terminology for the new virus

[Puccini]

I thought I read an article a few days ago saying that the WHO assigned the name "novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2)" to the virus and the name "Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)" to the disease caused by it, but now I can't find this article again.

 

Checking the who.int website just now I could not find a single mention of SARS-CoV-2 on the site itself, only three articles from scientific journals listed there that use this code. On the other hand, starting 13 FEB 2020, many websites have been using SARS-CoV-2, including

 

www.ecdc.europa.eu

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...The novel coronavirus has thus been named ‘severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2’ (SARS-CoV-2)...

globalbiodefense.com

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...the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2, previously known as 2019-nCoV)...

 

Starting on the same date, websites including the WHO site have been referring to the disease caused by this virus as the "Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)" or COVID-19 for short. No confusion about this.

 

Edited February 17, 2020 by Puccini

[Why Me]

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019-nCoV_acute_respiratory_disease

 

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19),^[2] also known as 2019-nCoV acute respiratory disease, is an infectious disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, a virus closely related to the SARS virus.

 

Viruses mutate, names too.

[PPMMUU]

this should do

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2050205

https://www.jwatch.org/na50868/2020/02/14/update-covid-19?query=topic_respinf&jwd=000020117265&jspc=PD

Edited February 18, 2020 by PPMMUU