The new pneumonia-causing virus needs a name. It may be tricky

The new pneumonia-causing virus needs a name. It may be tricky

It’s been sequenced. It’s spread across borders. Now the new pneumonia-causing virus needs a name

By HELEN BRANSWELL

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Naming a new virus is more contentious than it might seem, a lesson that scientists and the World Health Organizatoin have learned the hard way.

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