The first true alphabet was an invention of the Greek world, revolutionizing writing, literacy, and shaping foundations of ...

But the world is now getting a lesson in Greek, one unpleasant coronavirus variant at a time. The same letters used by Plato and Aristotle are turning into symbols of a global plague, and knowing ...

The Covid-19 variant that emerged in South Africa was named after the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet ... were named Lambda and Mu. Other Greek letters were used for variants that did not ...

With only 24 letters in the Greek alphabet, however, there is the grim possibility that the WHO may run out of names for variants. It has already used 12 letters, with Mu named in September.

The WHO has followed the Greek alphabet ... used the alphabet to label 12 others. Alpha, beta, gamma and delta are all currently “variants of concern” like omicron. Lambda and mu are given ...