The UK’s variant of coronavirus is renamed as
A. Alpha Variant
B. Beta Variant
C. Gamma Variant
D. Delta Variant
Explanation:
The World Health Organization (WHO) introduced new a systematic nomenclature of various variants of the coronavirus using Greek alphabets (alpha, beta, gamma, delta etc.) to simplify public discussions and also help remove stigma from the names.
- Alpha variant: B.1.1.7 variant spotted in the UK in September 2020
- Beta variant: B.1.351 variant first found in South Africa in May 2020
- Gamma variant: P.1 variant first spotted in Brazil in November 2020
- Epsilon variant: B.1.427/ B.1.429 variant spotted in USA in March 2020
- Zeta variant: P.2 variant found in Brazil in April 2020.
- ETA variant: B.1.525 variant found in multiple countries in December 2020
- Theta variant: P.3 variant spotted in Philippines in January 2021
- IOTA variant: B.1.526 variant found in USA in November 2020