The variant first detected in the UK becomes Alpha, with South Africa, Brazil and India also renamed.
These Greek letters will not replace existing scientific names. If more than 24 variants are officially identified, the system runs out of Greek letters, and a new naming programme will be announced,"We're not saying replace B.1.1.7, but really just to try to help some of the dialogue with the average person," she told the US-based website.
"So that in public discourse, we could discuss some of these variants in more easy-to-use language."the country was in the early stages of a third waveIt is thought to spread more quickly than the Alpha variant, which was responsible for the surge in cases in the UK over the winter.. On Saturday, the country's health minister said it could spread quickly through the air and described it as "very dangerous".
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