Following these rules, the new coronavirus we are suffering from was named "COVID-19" by the WHO on Feb 11, 20. In this name, "CO" means "corona", "VI" stands for "virus" and "D" means "disease".
In the USA, the virus is thought to have been transmitted from African animals to a number of susceptible non-African species (like prairie dogs) with which they were co-housed.
在美国，人们认为该病毒是从非洲动物传给与其混在一起的许多具有易感性的非非洲物种的(像草原犬)。
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Peiris and study co-author yi Guan are best known for identifying the SARS virus and helping to contain its 2003 outbreak.