Social media users have accused the World Health Organization (WHO) of bending to China’s will after it skipped the Greek alphabet letter “Xi” and named the new COVID-19 variant Omicron. Driving the ...

The new coronavirus variant, Omicron, has flamed Covid-19 concerns anew all over the world. Scientists are trying to ascertain whether the new strain is more infectious or not, or whether the existing ...

2:04 WHO: Omicron variant cases highlight vaccine inequity around the world The name of a newly identified variant of the coronavirus has had some social media users scratching their heads about the ...

With recent reporting increasingly focusing on COVID-19’s omicron variant, many are wondering how new strains will be named if the World Health Organization reaches the end of the Greek alphabet. The ...

When Covid-19 variants first started popping up, experts often described them based on where they were first discovered as a way to differentiate them from the original strain. But, as we quickly ...