ゼロコロナ

Japanese

Etymology

From ゼロ (zero, “zero”) + コロナ (korona, “coronavirus; COVID-19”). The initial element is from French zéro or English zero. The latter is a clipping of コロナウイルス (koronauirusu, “coronavirus”), ultimately from English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡ze̞ɾo̞ ko̞ɾo̞na̠]

Noun

ゼロコロナ • (zero korona) 

1. zero COVID (having zero COVID-19 cases) [2021?–]
   • 2020 April 16, Yamada Eiji, “‘Gan’-baru: zero korona kokoroiki [‘Pray’/Persevere: a spirit of zero COVID]”, in Chunichi Shimbun, page 14:

     浜(はま)松(まつ)まつりの中(ちゅう)止(し)が発(はっ)表(ぴょう)された先(せん)月(げつ)二(に)十(じゅう)三(さん)日(にち)、ゼロコロナの文(も)字(じ)とともに思(おも)いついた。

     Hamamatsu matsuri no chūshi ga happyō sareta sengetsu nijūsannichi, zero korona no moji totomoni omoitsuita.

     The idea came to me after the cancellation of the Hamamatsu festival was announced on the 23rd of last month, along with the words zero corona.

   • 2021 January 21, Edano Yukio, quotee, “Shūin daihyō shitsumon no yōshi 2021/1/20 [Summary of House of Representatives inquiry 2021/1/20]”, in Tokyo Shimbun, page 7:

     まず徹(てっ)底(てい)した感(かん)染(せん)封(ふう)じ込(こ)めに取(と)り組(く)み、その間(あいだ)は十(じゅう)分(ぶん)な補(ほ)償(しょう)と給(きゅう)付(ふ)で支(ささ)える「ゼロコロナ」に転(てん)換(かん)するべきだ。

     Mazu tettei shita kansen fūjikome ni torikumi, sono aida wa jūbun na hoshō to kyūfu de sasaeru “zero korona” ni tenkan suru beki da.

     At first every effort must be made to completely contain the infection, during which time sufficient compensation and benefits must be provided, followed by transition to “zero COVID”.

   • 2022 June 3, “Shanghai: toshi fūsa kaijo [Shanghai: city-wide lock down lifted]”, in Chunichi Shimbun, page 3:

     感(かん)染(せん)が再(さい)拡(かく)大(だい)すれば、今(こん)後(ご)も経(けい)済(ざい)的(てき)影(えい)響(きょう)の大(おお)きい都(と)市(し)封(ふう)鎖(さ)を含(ふく)むゼロコロナ政(せい)策(さく)を続(つづ)けざるを得(え)ない状(じょう)況(きょう)だ。

     Kansen ga sai-kakudai sureba, kongo mo keizaiteki eikyō no ōkī toshi fūsa o fukumu zero korona seisaku o tsuzuke zaru o enai jōkyō da.

     If infections flare up again, they will have no choice but to continue the city-wide zero COVID policy with its significant economic effects.