The World Health Organization (WHO) has named the two Indian strains of the coronavirus using the Greek alphabet. The B.1.617.1 type is named Kappa and the B.1.617.2 type is named Delta. Indian media Hindustan Times reported on Monday (May 31).
WHO expert and head of the organization's Covid-19 technical team. "There is no change in the scientific name of the variant," said Maria van Kerkhove. Because, in that case, research will be complicated. Besides, one more thing that needs to be mentioned, WHO thinks that if a new type of coronavirus is found in a country, that country should never be seen or considered negatively for it.
He also said that from now on, the new types of corona detected will be named after the Greek letters Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Kappa etc.
