Explanation:

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared an official name for the new coronavirus disease as COVID-19, making sure not to reference Wuhan, the central Chinese city where the virus originated.

• COVID-19 stands for Corona Virus Disease 19.
• It also gives a standard format to use for any future coronavirus outbreaks.
• The WHO referenced guidelines set in 2015 that ensure the name does not refer to a geographical location, an animal, an individual or group of people, while still being pronounceable and related to the disease.
• People tend to think of the disease as belonging to, as being a characteristic of some group of people associated with the place name, which can be really stigmatizing.
• It encourages the next city not to come forward, not to report a disease if your city is labeled as the disease.
• The general names are also now avoided as they can stigmatise entire regions or ethnic groups.