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World Service,1 min

Where does the word coronavirus come from?

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Epidemiologist Prof David Heymann explains how scientists arrived at the term coronavirus and also answers whether vitamin C can help people recover from the virus. (Image: Illustration of Sars-CoV-2 Credit: Science Photo Library)

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