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The first coronavirus vaccine "could be ready in 18 months . " It has been assured by the Director General of WHO Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. In an appearance held on Tuesday, he added that in the meantime we will have to fight the disease "with the available treatments". From Geneva (Switzerland), he has also appealed to the international community to share efforts that avoid "many more cases and much higher costs".

The head of the agency has asked all countries to consider the coronavirus "the number one public enemy" and to be "as aggressive as possible" in their response to contagion. "We are still in a containment strategy," said Tedros dhanom Ghebreyesus, "and we should not leave room for the virus for local infections to occur."

The World Health Organization has also decided that the disease caused by the new Wuhan coronavirus will officially receive the name of Covid-19 , as decided on the first day of meeting of 300 experts on this epidemic.

WHO has chosen a name that "can be pronounced and does not refer to a specific geographical location , an animal or a group of people" to avoid stigmatization. The official name comes from an acronym in English from the expression 'corona virus disease' and will be a standard for possible outbreaks of coronavirus in the future, said the head of WHO.

The Chinese government has reported on Tuesday the death of 108 people, which raises the number of deaths in that country to 1,016. The official figures put in 42.638 the number of infected.

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