The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday 31 May 2021 announced news labels, using Greek alphabets, for various variants of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), also giving names to the two variants that have been first found in India thus far.
Covid variant first found in India will be referred to as Delta, while earlier found variant in the country will be known as Kappa.
According to WHO, the B.1.617.1 variant has been designated as "Kappa" while the B1.617.2 variant has been dubbed "Delta." The earliest samples from both the variants from both the variants were documented in October 2020.
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