Covid Variant Names List 2021. The highly infectious strain of coronavirus that emerged in southern Africa has been classed as a variant of. 13 hours ago 2016 GMT Nigeria lifts restrictions on.
By Chantal Da Silva. When the World Health Organization began to name the emerging variants of the coronavirus officials turned to the Greek alphabet to make it easier for the public to understand the evolution. On Friday the WHO gave the new B11529 COVID-19 variant an official name.
A slew of nations moved to stop air travel from southern Africa on November 26 2021 in reaction to news of a new potentially more transmissible COVID-19 variant that has been detected in South.
It gained dominance quickly after it was first reported in the US. News WHO names new coronavirus variant omicron and classifies it as a variant of concern The UN health body has given the new variant a name and said it is a variant of concern. Canada has joined the list of countries banning travel from Southern Africa countries. The new COVID-19 variant first detected in South Africa was given the name Omicron by the World Health Organization on Friday.