WHO uses Greek letters to label Sars-CoV-2 variants
WHO uses Greek letters to label Sars-CoV-2 variants
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WHO Has Solved The Problem Of Naming Coronavirus Variants
The World Health Organization has announced new names for Covid variants to avoid stigma and racism. The media needs to use those labels.
Source: forbes.com
COVID-19 variants get new names, B.1.617.2 first found in India to be labelled as 'Delta'
"No country should be stigmatized for detecting and reporting variants," said WHO epidemiologist Maria Van Kerkhove.
Source: india.com
WHO labels Wuhan virus mutants spotted in India as 'Delta' and 'Kappa'
WHO labels Wuhan virus mutants spotted in India as 'Delta' and 'Kappa'
Source: domain-b.com
Coronavirus: WHO announces Greek alphabet naming scheme for variants
Alissa Eckert, MSMI; Dan Higgins THE World Health Organization (WHO) has announced a naming system for variants of the coronavirus that uses letters of the Greek alphabet. Under the new naming scheme, the B.1.1.7 variant first identified in the UK, commonly referred to as the Kent variant, is labelled “alpha”, the B.1.351 variant identified in South Africa is “beta”, the P.1 variant which first originated in Brazil is “gamma” and the B.1.617.2 variant first detected in India is “delta”. These Greek letter labels will only be given to “variants of concern” and “variants o...
Source: newscientist.com