Wuhan virus en · NOUN
Etymology
From Wuhan + virus, 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 H3N2 flu.
Meanings
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(colloquial, derogatory, offensive, sometimes, uncountable) Synonym of coronavirus, the disease COVID-19.
Former United States President Donald Trump is being sued by a Chinese American civil rights group over his use of the terms “Chinese virus”, “Wuhan virus” and “Kung Flu virus” during the coronavirus pandemic.
[2021 May 21, “Chinese American group sues Trump for calling COVID ‘China virus’”, in Al Jazeera:The Wuhan virus isn’t the only pandemic to come from China.
2020 May 13, New York Post:This new “Wuhan virus” outbreak in China, which appears to be due to a novel coronavirus, is another warning to us about the need for more research in infectious diseases, epidemiology and control measures.
2020 January 11, Judy Stone, “Wuhan Coronavirus Outbreak Shows The Importance Of Sound Science, Sleuthing, And Cooperation”, in Forbes:One of the 46, the man's 37-year-old son, is another confirmed case of the Wuhan virus.
2020 January 25, “No new cases of Wuhan virus, 64 suspected cases so far: MOH”, in Channel News Asia, archived from the original on 27 Jan 2020:
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(colloquial, derogatory, offensive, sometimes, uncountable) Synonym of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
We designed candidate diagnostic RT-PCR assays before release of the first sequence of the Wuhan virus.
2020 January 13, World Health Organization, "Diagnostic detection of Wuhan coronavirus 2019 by real-time RT-PCR"The Wuhan virus has shown the world how China behaves.
2020 December 4, James McGrath on Sky Newshttps://www.skynews.com.au/details/_6214144246001Stop the Wuhan virus
2020 January 21, Nature, volume 577, →DOI, page 450:
- (uncommon, uncountable) Synonym of A/Wuhan/359/95, a strain of H3N2 influenza.
Relateds
Wuhan coronavirus · kung flu · Wuhanvirus · China virus · Chinese virus · Wuhan flu
Synonyms
A/Wuhan/359/95 · SARS-CoV-2 · coronavirus
wikipedia: Influenza_A_virus_subtype_H3N2 · wikipedia: Donald Trump