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No confirmed Novel Coronavirus cases in Fiji - Health Ministry

No confirmed Novel Coronavirus cases in Fiji - Health Ministry

The Health Ministry is stressing that there are no confirmed cases of the Novel Coronavirus in Fiji dismissing rumors which continue to emerge about the virus.

All persons that have been in isolation have tested negative.

The World Health Organization has now confirmed that the official name for the disease caused by the new coronavirus is Covid-19.

It comes after the death toll from the virus passed 1,000.

Tens of thousands of people have been infected.

The word coronavirus refers to the group of viruses it belongs to, rather than the latest strain.

Researchers have been calling for an official name to avoid confusion and stigmatisation of any group or country.

The new name is taken from the words "corona", "virus" and "disease", with 2019 representing the year that it emerged (the outbreak was reported to the WHO on 31 December).

There are now more than 42,200 confirmed cases across China.

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