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New Naming System For Virus Variants

Part of: GS Prelims and GS-II – Health

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The World Health Organization (WHO) would unveil a system of naming of coronavirus variants similar to the way hurricanes are named

Key takeaways

The initiative seeks to remove stigma that gets attached to the country it was discovered in.
It will also be easier for the public to remember rather than their lineage numbers
Scientists refer to viruses and their variants by formal lineage names, which are a combination of letters and names that point to the relationships between different variants.
Variants such as B.1.1.7 and B.1.617 suggest that they have certain mutations in common and provide clues to their evolutionary history.
However, 1.1.7 started to be known as the ‘U.K. variant’ and B.1.351 as the ‘South African’ variant.

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