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World Health Organization Skips Greek Letter ‘Xi’ in Naming New Covid Variant

World Health Organization Skips Greek Letter ‘Xi’ in Naming New Covid Variant

Getty Photography/Naohiko Hatta The World Health Group introduced Friday it was once naming a new Covid-19 variant “Omicron,” skipping over a politically sensitive letter of the Greek alphabet. The WHO made the announcement concerning the B.1.1.529 variant out of Johannesburg, South Africa, passing over a letter many observers presumed could […]