thehatfox@lemmy.world to United Kingdom@feddit.uk · 1 year agoCovid: UK has ‘let our guard down’ as concern over new ‘Pirola’ variant growswww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up165arrow-down13
arrow-up162arrow-down1external-linkCovid: UK has ‘let our guard down’ as concern over new ‘Pirola’ variant growswww.independent.co.ukthehatfox@lemmy.world to United Kingdom@feddit.uk · 1 year agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squaregnutrinolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoNo, the WHO only assigns greek letters to Variants of Concern which this isn’t (yet). It was named by a scientist on twitter after an asteroid that sounds close to pi and rho (which would be the next Greek letters if it becomes a VoC)
No, the WHO only assigns greek letters to Variants of Concern which this isn’t (yet). It was named by a scientist on twitter after an asteroid that sounds close to pi and rho (which would be the next Greek letters if it becomes a VoC)