SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus Renaming Contest Receives 200,000 Submissions Petition to the World Health Or
over 200,000 name submissions have been received for âRename the SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirusâ, a contest launched on March 15, 2021 by The City of Corona, California and Constellation Brandsâ
BriefingWire.com, 4/04/2021 -
CORONA, California (April 04, 2021): As of 11:00PM PST, over 200,000 name submissions have been received for âRename the SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirusâ, a contest launched on March 15, 2021 by The City of Corona, California and Constellation Brandsâ, owner of popular beer brand Corona. New entries will continue to be accepted through April 15, 2021.
âThis may seem like a trivial issue to some, but with vaccines beginning to roll out across the world giving hope, we thought this was a great way to inject creativity into the practice of naming new human infectious diseases by the World Health Organization (WHO)â says Hunter Jabosian, Chief Communications Of?cer for the City of Corona. Hunter says: âWe didnât expect to see such a huge response. With one week left to gather submissions, a new petition to the WHO has been started to formally request a change to virus naming practices. Everyone should visit RenameCovid.com and submit an idea.â