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.
Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021
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
