Prof: Terrible naming system has caused incorrect reference to SA variant

It's incorrect to name coronavirus variants according to the places where the first cases were identified.
However, Prof Hanekom, says the current naming system for variants - scientifically known as nomenclature - is inconsistent around the world.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has been meeting to discuss guidelines for naming variants of the coronavirus.
Meanwhile, media organisations around the world - especially the British press - have been dangerously referring to the "South African variant" in damaging media reports.
Hanekom, who's the director of the Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI), says researchers need to develop an agreed and universal naming system for new Covid-19 variants which are emerging around the world.

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