How did COVID-19 get its name?

The international committee tasked with classifying viruses has named the new one SARS-CoV-2, because of its close genetic ties to another coronavirus, the one that causes SARS. However, the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2—remember, that’s the disease characterized by coughing, fever, and respiratory distress—is called Covid-19. It’s the name officially bestowed upon the ailment by the World Health Organization. WHO’s task was to find a name that didn’t demonize a particular place, animal, individual, or group of people and which was also pronounceable. It’s pronounced just like it sounds: Co-Vid-Nine-teen.

Source: www.wired.com/story/what-is-a-coronavirus/