On the 6th local time, WHO held a routine press conference for new coronary pneumonia. Maria van Kokhov, technical director of WHO's health emergency project, said that the location should not be used as part of the name of the virus, disease or pathogen. The new crown virus mutates Strains are no exception, but people continue to see people using country names for naming new coronavirus variants.
WHO is working with scientists to agree on a nomenclature related to the new coronavirus, which will be released soon to ensure that individuals, surnames or locations are not stigmatized.
(Main station reporter Zhu He)