GENEVA, May 31 (Reuters) - Coronavirus variants with clunky, alphanumeric names have now been assigned the letters of the Greek alphabet to simplify discussion and pronunciation while avoiding stigma.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced a naming system for variants of the coronavirus that uses letters of the Greek alphabet. Researchers had been calling for an alternative naming system ...
An unusual side effect of the coronavirus is the regular appearance of the Greek alphabet in newspaper headlines. The highly contagious Omicron variant has broken through in more ways than one: the ...