to the place where they were first discovered. the aim is to make the variants easier to remember and to remove the stigma of calling them after a country or place. here are the new names. the kent or uk variant becomes alpha, the south african variant is beta, brazilian is gamma and indian is delta. let's hear from mark perkins from the world health organization. the statement of location is a real phenomenon and there has been anti—immigrant feelings for people coming from places where some of these variants were first discovered. it is not necessarily make sense because a real phenomenon and the other phenomena really was that the naming system that we have had have been too complex and don't give you any emotional feeling. these are very hard people to remember from these are very hard people to rememberfrom one these are very hard people to remember from one day to the next i suspect there will be a tradition pier where people get used too the