There is Delta-variant and now there is Omicron. How do they come up with Covid names?
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The World Health Organization began naming the variants after Greek letters to avoid public confusion and stigma. Read more on Nytimes
The new coronavirus variant has been named Omicron, skipping two Greek letters Nu and Xi to avoid generating confusion and causing harm to the Chinese people, a World Health Organization (WHO) spokesperson told the Italian daily Corriere della Sera. Source: Jpost