WHO switches to Greek alphabet for virus variant names

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AT A GLANCE: Covid-19 variants are to be known by letters of the Greek alphabet to avoid stigmatising nations where they were first detected, the World Health Organization announced. Read more:

 

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Can you explain by 'B.1.1.7' listed in the table became 'B117' in your article? Why are you removing the dots? Aren't you confusing your readers by being inconsistent in what variants are being called in THE SAME ARTICLE?

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