8 minutes agoO BSH decides to label virus variants according to Greek alphabet
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)The World Health Organization (OBSH) made a decision to appoint versions of the Corona virus with letters of the Greek alphabet in an effort to simplify pronunciation and avoid stigmatisation of countries reporting the new type. Thus, four variants of the coronary virus, which the UN agency considered disturbing and [...]
Thus, four variants of the coronary virus, which the UN agency considered disturbing and which are generally known to the public as British, South African, Brazilian and Indian, have now been given to the letters Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta according to the intelligence ranking, Reuters reports.
Other variations continue in alphabetical order. WHO discovered new names today after the criticism that names like B.1.351, 501I. V2 and 20H / 501I. V2, they were so complicated.
The Greek alphabet's selection followed months of discussions in which experts reviewed other options such as Greek gods and the fabricated names of gesodoclasic, according to bacteriologist Mark Palen, who was involved in the talks.
Historically, viruses have often been linked to countries thought to be originating, such as Ebola, named after the Congolese River with the same name.
But this can be harmful to countries and often inaccurate, such as the so - called Spanish flu pandemic of 1918, whose origin is unknown, Reuters writes.
“No country should be stigmatized to detect and report variants,” said O epidemiologist Maria Van Kerhoe's BSH.
