Coronavirus poses ‘very grave’ threat to the world, says WHO

• The coronavirus outbreak in China may be over by April, but deaths surpassed 1,000 and the World Health Organization (WHO) warned of a global threat potentially worse than terrorism.

Renamed COVID-19

• With 99% of cases in China, this remains very much an emergency for that country, but one that holds a very grave threat for the rest of the world he said.
• The first vaccine was 18 months away, said the WHO, urging global unity to prevent ‘far more cases and far higher costs’ from the disease now officially named COVID-19 by the WHO.
• “co” stands for “corona”, “vi” for “virus” and “d” for “disease”, while “19” was for the year, as the outbreak was first identified on December 31, 2019.