On February 11, 2020, the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses, charged with naming new viruses, named the novel
coronavirus, first identified in Wuhan, China, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, shortened to SARS-CoV-2. The virus
is related to the SARS-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV) that caused an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in
2002-2003; however it is not the same virus.