Covid-19 variants to be given Greek alphabet names

"People often resort to calling variants by the places where they are detected, which is stigmatising and discriminatory"

(Kirsty Wigglesworth/PA)

Global health leaders have announced new names for Covid-19 variants using letters of the Greek alphabet.

Experts working with the World Health Organisation (WHO) developed the labels for variants which are often colloquially named after the places where they are first detected.