If the Greek letters are used up, the new variant strain of the new crown may be named after the constellation

On August 8, World Health Organization officials stated that once the Greek letters are used up, new variants of the new coronavirus can be named after the constellation
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According to the British Sky News TV report on August 8, the head of WHO's new crown epidemic technical department Maria Van Kelhof said that WHO is looking for new naming methods for the new crown variant strains in case 24 There are not enough Greek letters to use
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The World Health Organization announced on May 31 that, starting from that day, the names of the new coronavirus variants that were first discovered in the United Kingdom, India and other countries will be named using Greek letters, mainly to avoid stigmatization of relevant countries
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Up to now, WHO has named 11 COVID-19 mutant strains using Greek letters
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"We may run out of Greek letters, but we are already studying the naming of the next series
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Van Kelhof said that the WHO is studying the proposal to ensure that no one is dissatisfied with the new naming

Van Kelhof also warned that there may be new variant strains where the vaccine will not work