Vikrant Shekhawat : Jun 01, 2021, 06:36 AM
New Delhi. In the midst of the global pandemic Kovid-19, there were problems regarding the naming of new variants found in different countries. In common parlance, these variants were also called as the countries where they were found. India had recently raised objections about this. In the same year last year, China also objected to calling Corona a 'Wuhan virus'. Now the World Health Organization (WHO) has found a solution to this problem. Corona variants are named after the Greek alphabet.The variant B.1.617.2 found in India in October 2020 is called the Delta variant. Apart from this, another strain B.1.617.1 has been named 'Kappa'. WHO has started this new system of naming after extensive consultation. Like India, the variant found in other countries has been named. The variant found in Britain in 2020 is called 'Alpha'. The variant found in South Africa will be called 'Beta'. At the same time, the variant found in Brazil has been named 'Gamma'. Similarly, variants found in America have also been named.Let us tell you that in the first fortnight of May, there was a dispute over calling the Corona strain found in India as 'Indian'. The central government had dismissed reports that the World Health Organization has called the B.1.617 variant of Kovid as the Indian variant. The government had said that the WHO has never used the word Indian. "Several media organizations have reported that the World Health Organization has classified the B.1.617 variant as a threat to the global community," the official statement said. In some reports, the B1.617 variant has been called the Indian variant of the corona virus. These reports are baseless and have no justification.' WHO also responded
After India's objection, WHO also reacted to it. The WHO said in its statement shared on Twitter, 'The World Health Organization does not report any variants of the virus by country. The organization refers to the nature of the virus by its scientific name and expects others to do the same.
After India's objection, WHO also reacted to it. The WHO said in its statement shared on Twitter, 'The World Health Organization does not report any variants of the virus by country. The organization refers to the nature of the virus by its scientific name and expects others to do the same.