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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