nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor2 670N|||Alpha, Beta Instead Of Britain, South Africa. Why The WHO Is Renaming COVID Variants||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||The new names won't replace the scientific names already assigned to new variants, but the WHO says it's making the change to help avoid fueling stigma towards nations where new variants arise.
The WHO says it will start assigning new names for variants of the coronavirus based on letters from the Greek alphabet — part of an effort to help avoid stigmatization around the virus.
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