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New Zealand health authority apologizes for referring to COVID-19 as 'Wuhan Coronavirus'

2020-03-22 09:24:13       source:Global Times

March 21, 2020


A local health authority in New Zealand on Saturday apologized for distributing a pamphlet referring to COVID-19 as the "Wuhan Coronavirus," which had sparked outrage on Chinese social media.

New Zealand's Canterbury District Health Board said the outdated flyer was only used early on in the outbreak when the virus was commonly referred to using this incorrect nomenclature, and the virus name was soon adjusted.

Photos of the pamphlet began to circulate on Chinese social media platform Sina Weibo on Friday.


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