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Coronavirus

Overview

This guide focuses on public information by or about the U.S. Government's response to the coronavirus pandemic from 2020 to the present. It highlights information from the U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) and different agencies of the U.S. Government.

Photograph of a coronavirus magnified (from the CDC)

(Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

What's in a Name?

When conducting a keyword search about this pandemic, consider the various terms that exist to describe the global situation. Below are some examples:

  • 2019-nCoV
  • 2019nCoV
  • Corona virus
  • Coronavirinae
  • Coronavirus
  • Coronaviruses
  • Covid
  • Covid-19
  • Novel coronavirus
  • Sars Coronavirus 2
  • SARS-CoV-2

For this online guide, GPO refers to the virus of this pandemic as coronavirus.

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