On the afternoon of February 8th, the State Council's joint prevention and control mechanism held a press conference. At the meeting, a piece of information was first announced.

Notice of the National Health Commission on the tentative naming of novel coronavirus pneumonia

Members of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government, the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, and the State Council's joint prevention and control mechanism for the new coronavirus pneumonia epidemic:

It is now decided to temporarily name "novel coronavirus-infected pneumonia" as "novel coronavirus pneumonia", referred to as "novel corona pneumonia" and "NCP" for short.

National Health Commission

7February 7, 2020