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The Verge4y
COVID-19 variants get new names based on Greek alphabet
In total, the WHO has already used 10 letters of the 24 letter strong Greek alphabet. “No country should be stigmatised for detecting and reporting variants,” WHO epidemiologist Maria Van ...
WTEN3y
COVID-19 variants: What happens when we finish the Greek alphabet?
(NEXSTAR) – A few months ago, the World Health Organization decided it needed a better system. Coronavirus variants with meaningful differences were springing up around the world and we didn’t ...
USA Today4y
WHO renames COVID-19 variants with Greek letter names to avoid confusion, stigma
When the 24 letters of the Greek alphabet are used up, WHO will announce another series. "It's the right thing to do," said Dr. Monica Gandhi, an infectious disease expert at the University of ...
The Independent3y
Covid variants could be named after star constellations if Greek alphabet is used up, says WHO epidemiologist
New coronavirus variants could be named after star constellations when the 24 letters in the Greek alphabet are used up, the Covid-19 technical lead for the World Health Organisation (WHO ...
Poynter3y
The omicron variant’s name comes from the Greek alphabet and is not evidence of a COVID-19 hoax
Omicron is the 15th letter of the 24-letter Greek alphabet. When the WHO runs out of Greek letters to use, it will announce a new naming system for variants. This time around, the WHO did skip two ...
The Globe and Mail3y
COVID-19 pandemic has been a lesson in Greek alphabet, one variant at a time
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. In June ...
Daily Express1mon
Archaeology breakthrough as Greek alphabet 'centuries older' than previously thought
In Archaic and early Classical times, the Greek alphabet existed in many local variants. However, by the end of the fourth century BC, the Ionic-based Euclidean alphabet, made up of 24 letters ...
The Washington Post3y
With coronavirus variants, the world is learning the Greek alphabet, one grim letter at a time
There are countless variants — and probably more significant ones on the way — but the Greek alphabet has just 24 letters, and only nine remain on the list. What you need to know about the ...
The New York Times4y
The Greek Alphabet Will No Longer Be Used to Name Hurricanes
In fact, Zeta is only the sixth letter in the 24-letter Greek alphabet. Omega is the last. The World Meteorological Organization, a United Nations agency, said its Hurricane Committee had ...
Greek Reporter8d
Greeks: The Inventors of the First True Alphabet
The first true alphabet was an invention of the Greek world, revolutionizing writing, literacy, and shaping foundations of ...
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Archaeology breakthrough as Greek alphabet 'centuries older' than previously thought
The Greek alphabet, traditionally believed to have emerged in the eighth century BC, is now undergoing reevaluation thanks to groundbreaking research at Leiden University. The writing system is ...