The coronavirus outbreak which has killed more than 360 people, sickened more than 17,000 people and seeped into dozens of countries from the Chinese city of Wuhan is yet to have a formal name.
The World Health Organisation has temporarily dubbed the virus 2019-nCoV — to avoid “inappropriate” names becoming established.
These include using the names of cities, countries, people, animals, foods, industry, culture and others which could “incite undue fear”. Image: Getty
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