Official new names from WHO to use for coronavirus variants

🔴B.1.1.7 variant (1st identified in Britain) = ALPHA

🟣B. 1.351 variant (1st identified in South Africa) = BETA

⚫️P1 variant (1st in Brazil) = GAMMA

⚪️B 1.427 / B 1.429 - originally in USA = now known as EPISILON

🟢P2 - another variant originally in Brazil = ZETA

🟣P3 - originally in Philippines =
THETA

⚫️B 1.526 - again originally in USA =
IOTA

🟡B 1.617.1 - again orig in India =
#KAPPA

🟠B.1.617.2 variant (1st in India) = #DELTA

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