Initially called novel coronavirus 2012 or simply novel coronavirus, it was first reported in 2012 after genome sequencing of a virus isolated from sputum samples from a person who fell ill in a 2012 outbreak of a new flu.
ທໍາອິດເອີ້ນວ່າໂນເວລ ໂຄໂຣນາໄວຣັດ 2012 ຫລື ແບບງ່າຍໆ ໂນເວລ ໂຄໂຣນາໄວຣັດ, ກໍລະນີທໍາອິດໄດ້ຖືກລາຍງານໃນປີ 2012 ຫລັງຈາກ ລໍາດັບຈີໂນມ genome ຂອງໄວຣັດທີ່ໄດ້ແຍກຕົວຈາກແບບຕົວຢ່າງ ຂີ້ກະເທີ ຈາກຄົນໄຂ້ຜູ້ທີ່ປ່ວຍໃນການລະບາດຂອງໄຂ້ຫວັດໃຫ່ຍສາຍພັນໃຫມ່ປີ2012.