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Why is it named the delta variant? The World Health Organization recently unveiled its new naming system, saying that it would use letters from the Greek alphabet as “non-stigmatising labels” for new variants. https://t.co/fCBeuWwkUo
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 8, 2021
Inequitable vaccine distribution around the world has allowed coronavirus deaths to rise in low-income countries with less access, despite wider global declines, the director general of the World Health Organization said on Monday. https://t.co/54gCU6cJ00 pic.twitter.com/NFaX6yYKZs
— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 7, 2021