SARS 2.0! Scientists rename the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 because it is from the same species that killed 800 people in 2002

The coronavirus which has infected more than 44,000 people in China has been named SARS-CoV-2 by a group of international scientists.

The announcement comes after global health chiefs yesterday named the disease the coronavirus causes COVID-19.

Experts say the bug, which has killed a total of 1,116 people since the outbreak began in December, is a sister of the SARS illness which hit China in 2002.

Read more of the original article from DailyMail

SHARE