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WHO Will Turn To The Greek Alphabet To Help Avoid Stigma Around Coronavirus Variants

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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