Sign language – The Swiss Association of the Deaf has chosen “Coronavirus” as Sign of the Year 2020. It is noteworthy that the same sign for “coronavirus” has established itself in a wide variety of sign languages worldwide, it said on Tuesday.
Despite small variations in the execution, the idea for the gesture is the same everywhere: The shape of the virus is indicated by one hand with the fist forming the round body, and the splayed fingers of the other hand symbolize the spikes. The quick spread of the fingers shows the rapid spread of the virus.
The Swiss Association of the Deaf has chosen a sign of the year for the fifth time in a row – after “Trump” in 2016, “Roger Federer” in 2017, “Alain Berset” in 2018 and “Greta Thunberg” in 2019.
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