The Chinese president's surname is relatively common and the term Nu may have been deemed confusing.
The WHO announced on Friday that the COVID variant known as B.1.1.529 was a Variant of Concern and thatThe health body has been using the Greek alphabet to designate variants in order to make discussion of the virus easier for non-scientific audiences but the choice of Omicron has led to some backlash.Donald Trump Jr.
, former President Donald Trump's son, tweeted on Friday:"As far as I'm concerned the original will always be the Xi variant.", whose surname bears clear similarities in English to the Greek letter Xi.
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