WHO ‘bowed to China’ by skipping a letter in Greek alphabet when naming new Covid variant


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World Health Organisation ‘bowed to China’ by skipping a letter in the Greek alphabet when naming the new Covid variant - The agency on Friday announced that it would be calling the new strain Omicron - WHO jumped over the letter Xi – the surname of China’s premier Xi Jinping - The WHO said its decision was based on Xi being a ‘common surname’ - Critics have said it proved that the WHO is ‘scared’ of the Chinese government The World Health Organisation has been accused of bowing to China by skipping a letter in the Greek alphabet when naming...