'Omicron' Covid variant: Did WHO skip two letters of Greek alphabet to avoid 'Xi'?
When news of the new SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.529 first began to emerge, many expected that it would be named the 'Nu' variant, as 'Nu' was the next available letter in the Greek alphabet. However, the WHO skipped two letters and named it 'Omicron'.