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Skipping confusing greek letters #COVID19 #Omicron

The WHO skipped the preceding letters nu and xi in the Greek alphabet to avoid confusion with the similarities of the English word new and the Chinese surname Xi

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SARS-CoV-2_Omicron_variant

 

Νν : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nu_(letter)

Ξξ : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xi_(letter)

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Uploaded on December 2, 2021