COVID variants renamed

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South Africa’s COVID-19 Variant Renamed to Avoid Discrimination

Luis Monzon - June 2, 2021

The several mutated variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, otherwise known as COVID-19, will now be known according to letters of the Greek alphabet in order to avoid "stigmatization and discrimination", according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). This new system...

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