Covid-19 Variants

Covid-19 Variants

"It's the right thing to do:" The World Health Organization renamed COVID-19 variants with Greek letters to avoid confusion and stigmatization. [..] The United Kingdom variant, called by scientists B.1.1.7, will now be Alpha. B.1.351, the South Africa variant, will now be Beta and the B.1.617.2 variant discovered in India will now be known as Delta. Source 3x.