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Infectious Disease Epidemiologist; COVID-19 Technical Lead @WHO, WHO Health Emergencies Programme. Mother of 2. Opinions are my own

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    Maria Van Kerkhove‏Verified account @mvankerkhove 31 May 2021

    Today, @WHO announces new, easy-to-say labels for #SARSCoV2 Variants of Concern (VOCs) & Interest (VOIs) They will not replace existing scientific names, but are aimed to help in public discussion of VOI/VOC Read more here (will be live soon): https://www.who.int/activities/tracking-SARS-CoV-2-variants … #COVID19pic.twitter.com/L9YOfxmKW7

    8:31 AM - 31 May 2021
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    Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Mike Ryan, World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific and 7 others
    1. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @DrTedros

    2. Mike Ryan @DrMikeRyan

    3. World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific @WHOWPRO

    4. WHO African Region @WHOAFRO

    5. PAHO/WHO @pahowho

    6. WHO EMRO @WHOEMRO

    7. WHO South-East Asia @WHOSEARO

    8. WHO/Europe @WHO_Europe

    9. World Health Organization (WHO) @WHO

    10. Gabby Stern @gabbystern

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      2. Maria Van Kerkhove‏Verified account @mvankerkhove 31 May 2021

        The labels for VOI/VOC are simple, easy to say & remember & are based on the Greek alphabet, a system that was chosen following wide consultation & a review of several potential systems. 🙏@WHO Virus Evolution Working Group @nextstrain @GISAID Pangolin groups & many others

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      3. Maria Van Kerkhove‏Verified account @mvankerkhove 31 May 2021

        The labels don’t replace existing scientific names, which convey impt scientific info and will continue to be used in research (& by @nextstrain @GISAID & Pango). These labels will help with public discussion about VOC/VOI as the numbering system can be difficult to follow.

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      4. Maria Van Kerkhove‏Verified account @mvankerkhove 31 May 2021

        No country should be stigmatized for detecting and reporting variants. Globally, we need robust surveillance for variants, incl epi, molecular and sequencing to be carried out and shared. We need to continue to do all we can to reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2 #COVID19 @WHO

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      5. Maria Van Kerkhove‏Verified account @mvankerkhove 31 May 2021

        Manuscript to follow...

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      6. Maria Van Kerkhove‏Verified account @mvankerkhove 31 May 2021

        https://www.statnews.com/2021/05/31/the-name-game-for-coronavirus-variants-just-got-a-little-easier/ …

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      1. Cornelius Roemer‏ @CorneliusRoemer 31 May 2021
        Replying to @mvankerkhove @WHO and

        What do we do when we go past Omega?

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      2. María Gallego Blanco‏ @mariagallegobl 31 May 2021
        Replying to @mvankerkhove @WHO and

        Easy-to-say?: May I tell you something easy-to-say? ➡️“airborne”. Try It. It’s easy 😊 @covidisairborne @sonlosaerosoles #LeyCO2

        1 reply 12 retweets 59 likes
      3. S.Coscolín  📷 🛩️ 🇪🇦‏ @SergioCoscolin 31 May 2021
        Replying to @mariagallegobl @mvankerkhove and

        Aaaaghhh 😞 Aaaaaaiiiiiiggh 😣 Aaaaaaiiiiirrbghhhhh 😫 Aaaaaiiiirrrbag 🙄 Aaaaaiiirrrrrplane 🤭 Aaaaaiiiirrrrboooound 🤢 Aaaaaaiiiiiirrrbooorrrrrne 🤮 Ufff, it's not easy-to-say... 😬pic.twitter.com/UyTbWOaSsZ

        1 reply 3 retweets 20 likes
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      1. ॐ Ankit  🇮🇳 जय महाकाल  🙏🏻‏ @ankit_amc 31 May 2021
        Replying to @mvankerkhove @WHO and

        Still no Wuhan? The bloody thing took off from there. The mother has to have a name!!

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      2. Florian Krammer‏Verified account @florian_krammer 31 May 2021
        Replying to @mvankerkhove @WHO and

        Zeta-Eta-Theta? Easy to say (?), easy to mix up. And what are we doing when we are running out of letters? Sorry, not going to use this. PANGO was fine.

        15 replies 5 retweets 154 likes
      3. Maria Cameron‏ @MariaKCameron 31 May 2021
        Replying to @florian_krammer @mvankerkhove and

        Even as a Greek who knows the alphabet, I don't like it. Super confusing if you ask me as a layperson.

        1 reply 0 retweets 7 likes
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