Why XBB.1.5 will not get a Greek letter: WHO

The XBB.1.5 omicron subvariant does not warrant its own Greek letter name — at least not yet — because data suggests it is behaving similarly to other omicron sublineages in terms of transmissibility, severity, immune escape and its effect on interventions, according to the World Health Organization. 

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