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Its name is novel coronavirus or more specifically "2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)". There are many coronaviruses that just cause colds. There's also SARS,
by salmo 7y ago
Its name is novel coronavirus or more specifically "2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)". There are many coronaviruses that just cause colds. There's also SARS, MERS, and now nCoV that are a lot more deadly.
- anonytrary 7y agoThank you for that clarification! I think the title makes more sense if you know about the novel prefix (which I didn't).