Reader, meet Xiao Qi Ji. Technically, the baby panda made its internet debut back in August, but the Smithsonian National Zoo revealed the cub’s name on Monday morning, an optimistic announcement at a time when rising COVID-19 cases have temporarily shuttered the Zoo to the public.

The zoo announced that after thousands of votes were counted, the winning name was Xiao Qi Ji (SHIAU-chi-ji), which is Mandarin Chinese for “little miracle.”

“This new panda, our miracle cub, has already brought all of us so much joy in this truly unique time, and he will be a source of our memories for years to come,” said National Zoo Director Steve Monfort.

Mei Xiang gave birth to Xiao Qi Ji on August 21. The zoo has typically waited 100 days to name panda cubs in “a nod and acknowledgment of Chinese culture and history,” spokesperson Pamela Baker-Masson told DCist at the time. She said historically many countries and cultures, including China, waited to name babies for 100 days because of survival rates.

As it has done in the past, the Zoo opened voting on the name up to the public. Participants chose from options including Fu Zai, Mandarin Chinese for “prosperous boy,” Xing Fu, which means “happy and prosperous,” and Xiao Qi Ji.

The zoo previously held public celebrations to mark the naming of a baby panda, inviting people to weigh in on the name for panda cub Bao Bao. In 2015, Michelle Obama and Madame Peng Liyuan, China’s first lady, named Bao Bao’s younger brother, Bei Bei.

But the celebration looked different this year. The Smithsonian Institution announced last week that all its museums and the National Zoo would close beginning Monday due to the pandemic, and it didn’t cite a reopening date.

Xiao Qi Ji was instead heralded with a three-minute video featuring welcoming speeches from Smithsonian Institution Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and Chinese Ambassador to the U.S. Cui Tiankai.

“Both our American friends and people back in China are caring about him,” the ambassador said. “They watch him on webcams and get excited about his teething, practice of crawling and every step of his life.”

It’s been a big few days for Xiao Qi Ji.

On Saturday, he turned three months old. According to an update from the zoo published Friday, the growing baby panda weighed in at 10.4 pounds last week and has been practicing his crawling skills. Once he starts walking, “it won’t be long before he tries to climb up on the rockwork in his habitat,” per the zoo.

Unfortunately, you won’t be able to visit the pandas in person anytime soon. In addition to the temporary closure, the zoo’s Asia Trail is closed for a six-month construction project. But locals eager to catch Xiao Qi Ji’s first steps can keep an eye out via the zoo’s Giant Panda Cam.