Coronavirus- A virus creating war?

Coronavirus, a novel virus that has swayed the entire world, affected Lakhs of people and caused tens of thousands of fatalities, has been declared as a pandemic by the World Health Organisation(WHO). Afflicted by this virus, several nations have started issuing health emergencies and lockdowns. More than 140 countries have witnessed the virus and the affected people are being quarantined. Besides, since economies are crumbling , could it create a possible recession across the world?

Etymology

The word “Corona” has stemmed from the Latin word corona which means “a crown” and Greek Korone signifying “a wreath” because of the shape of the virus.

Taxonomy

Initially, it was called the Wuhan virus and simply a coronavirus. But now, it is named as a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). The disease has also been named as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) by the WHO. The number 19 denotes the year 2019, accounting for the year of discovery.

Did you know?

Diseases and viruses usually have different names. Viruses are named according to their genetic structure to facilitate the development of diagnostic tests, vaccines and medicines.

Diseases are named to help deduce the severity, spread, transmission, treatment, and prevention of the disease. It is WHO’s role to officially announce the names of diseases in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD).

For example, HIV (virus) – AIDS (Disease) ; Rubeola (virus) – Measles (Disease)