COVID-19

COVID-19 is a disease caused by a new strain of coronavirus. COVID is an acronym. ‘CO’ stands for corona, ‘VI’ for virus, ‘D’ for disease, and ‘19’ for 2019 (year first identified). This disease has also been referred to as ‘2019 novel coronavirus’ or ‘2019-nCoV. See World Health Organization for information about COVID-19 in other countries.