The official name for the virus causing COVID-19 is now SARS-CoV-2. The announcement recognized that the new virus is in the same family that caused the SARS epidemic in 2003 (which also started in China). You can read the announcement at https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease ... -causes-it
Heck, 'round here we just call it the Kung Flu. It's funny, AND it riles up the liberals.