Wuhan virus

Etymology
From 🇰🇲, q.v., from its presumed origin in Wuhan, China, in late 2019. The same name was separately and less prominently used in 1995 for a strain of flu.

Noun

 * , the disease COVID-19.
 * , the virus that causes COVID-19.
 * 1) * 2020 January 13,, "Diagnostic detection of Wuhan coronavirus 2019 by real-time RT-PCR":
 * We designed candidate diagnostic RT-PCR assays before release of the first sequence of the Wuhan virus.
 * 1) * 2020 December 4, on Sky News:
 * The Wuhan virus has shown the world how China behaves.
 * , a strain of influenza.
 * We designed candidate diagnostic RT-PCR assays before release of the first sequence of the Wuhan virus.
 * 1) * 2020 December 4, on Sky News:
 * The Wuhan virus has shown the world how China behaves.
 * , a strain of influenza.
 * , a strain of influenza.

Usage notes
Particularly in the United States during COVID-19, where the Wuhan virus and similar terms were popularized by to highlight the origins of the virus.