Why ‘Omicron’, Not ‘Nu’ or ‘Xi’? WHO Says Two Greek Alphabets Jumped to ‘Avoid Stigma’
[ad_1] The World Health Organization on Friday, in an emergency meeting, named the new coronavirus variant “Omicron”, jumping two Greek alphabets. Under its Greek-letter system, the WHO has so far been naming Covid-19 variants in an alphabetical order for ease and simplicity in nomenclature. The scientific names of the virus variants, however, continue to exist […]
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