FROM but a subspecies of the Delta variant of the new coronavirus, first identified in India, is still considered “disturbing” until the other two are no longer alarming, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.
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Option B.1.617, considered partly responsible for the pandemic boom in India in recent months and spread to more than 50 territories and countries, has three distinct variants.
Last month, the WHO described the whole option as worrying, but now it leaves only one of its variants in this category, AFP writes.
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“It has become clear that more public health risks stem from B.1.617.2, while other species are less contagious,” the WHO said in its regular weekly briefing on the spread of the pandemic.
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In addition to B.1.617.2, three other variants of the new coronavirus remain considered to be more dangerous than the original version because they are more contagious, more deadly or because the vaccines do not provide sufficient protection against them.
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On Monday, the WHO announced that “alarming” versions of the coronavirus would be labeled by it in Greek letters, arguing that it would help avoid using the ethnonyms of the countries where they first appeared.
