World Health Organization holds news conference on coronavirus outbreak – 2/12/2020

World Health Organization officials hold a news conference Wednesday to update the public on the new coronavirus outbreak. The flu-like coronavirus that has sickened more than 45,000 people in over two dozen countries now has a name: COVID-19. The CO stands for corona, the VI for virus and the D for disease, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the WHO, announced at Tuesday's news conference at the agency’s headquarters in Geneva.

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World Health Organization holds news conference on coronavirus outbreak – 2/12/2020