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B.1.1.529 Variant Omicron: WHO Greek Alphabet COVID Naming System Explained
A new version of COVID-19 has appeared in Botswana, South Africa and Hong Kong, which has been found to be “heavily mutated”, prompting the World Health Organization to hold a crisis meeting on Friday. Here is how the WHO Greek alphabet COVID naming system works.