The English name of "COVID-19" announced by the National Health Commission here is Novell Coronavirus, or NCP for short. Tedros Adanom Gai breyer Seuss, Director-General of WHO, announced at a news conference that this novel coronavirus was named "Coronavirus Pneumonia-19".

Who officially named the new pneumonia virus "Coronavirus pneumonia-19", where "co" is the abbreviation of Corona and corona, "vi" refers to virus, "d" stands for disease, and 19 is the year when the virus was confirmed, which means that this name can avoid stigmatizing any place.

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On April 15, "Coronavirus Pneumonia-19 International Joint Action against Epidemic" was officially launched in Beijing. Eight social organizations and enterprises involved in the action issued an initiative through the Internet: to give full play to the credibility, influence and organizational power of various industry associations, to gather professional strength, to build a diversified cooperation and exchange platform, to give full play to the advantages of industry organizations, and to work with the people of the world to overcome the difficulties and build mankind together.

This action was initiated by China Health Law Society, China Disabled Persons Welfare Foundation, Chinese and Foreign Entrepreneurs Association and other organizations. Changsha, executive vice president and secretary of the Chinese Society of Health Law, said: "This sudden epidemic urgently needs the whole world to act in the spirit of cooperation. At this moment, the concept of the unity of human destiny highlights its era value. As a national legal professional association, launching this action is not only the social responsibility of the Chinese Health Law Society, but also the practical need of epidemic prevention practice. "