Meaning of COVID-19 | Babel Free

Definitions

1. COVID-19 (disease)
2. Alternative letter-case form of COVID-19.
   alt-of
3. SARS-CoV-2 (virus that causes the COVID-19 disease)
   metonymically
4. The COVID-19 pandemic which began in early 2020, and ended sometime in the mid 2020s.

Equivalents

Examples

“diagnosed with COVID-19”

“Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus.”

“This week, the FDA issued an emergency use⟳ authorization (EUA) for a a ^([sic]) monoclonal antibody combination for the treatment of mild to moderate COVID-19 in adults and pediatric patients”

“Indonesia reported a record⟳ daily number⟳ of 1,566 COVID-19 deaths on Friday, taking total fatalities to 80,598, data from the country’s COVID-19 task force⟳ showed.”

“Most people infected with the COVID-19 virus will experience⟳ mild to moderate respiratory illness and recover⟳ without requiring special treatment.”

“As we enter⟳ the first months of 2021, increasing numbers of reports of variants of the COVID-19 virus mark⟳ a new development in the pandemic.”

“Many diabetics have⟳ been dying, especially during COVID-19.”

“The pandemic has helped cement a view⟳ of the human as collective, prosocial, and sharing a common bond between all people. This shared experience⟳ of living (and dying) during COVID-19 has proved a unifying force⟳.”

“A second insight offered by our study⟳ is that several stresses apparent at the start⟳ of COVID-19, such as adapting to working from home, persisted during the pandemic, and new stresses emerged.”

“About 1.4 billion people traveled internationally last⟳ year, which is 99% of the number⟳ who did the same in 2019, the last⟳ full year before Covid-19 hit the world.”

“And if, as Twenge argues, the proliferation of internet-enabled devices is the defining factor in Gen Z’s profile — and the main root of its problems — the Alphas, or Polars, remain⟳ an open⟳ question⟳. The oldest are now in the fourth grade; the youngest were born into a world of Zoom calls and covid-19.”

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