The Greek alphabet contains 24 letters but there is no plan yet as to where to go next if they are exhausted. Epsilon, Zeta, Eta, Theta and Iota have already been ascribed to variants of interest.

On May 31 the WHO announced a new system that would be used to identify different variants of Covid. This system they settled on was to name each individual strain after a letter from the Greek ...

As the variants mutated, from Alpha to Delta and then Omicron, people began taking note of the 24 Greek letters. Omicron is the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet. Omega is the last.

WHO avoids Greek alphabet Xi and names new Covid variant Omicron. Here's why By hindustantimes.com | Written by Poulomi Ghosh Published on: Nov 27, 2021 03:13 pm IST ...

After a new variant with the unwieldy scientific name of B.1.1.529 was discovered last week in South Africa, observers might have expected WHO to name it after the next Greek letter on the list: Nu.

The Greek alphabet contains 24 letters but there is no plan yet as to where to go next if they are exhausted. Epsilon, Zeta, Eta, Theta and Iota have already been ascribed to variants of interest.