COVID-19 variants and their names :

 COVID-19 variants and their names :

- Alpha (B.1.1.7): First appeared in Great Britain in November 2020.

- Beta (B.1.351): Identified in South Africa at the end of 2020.

- Gamma (P.1): Emerged in Brazil.

- Delta (B.1.617.2): First identified in India in late 2020.

- Epsilon (B.1.427/B.1.429): Emerged in the U.S. in early 2021.

- Zeta (P.2): Found in Brazil.

- Eta (B.1.525): Emerged in the U.K. and Nigeria in late 2020.

- Theta (P.3): Identified in the Philippines in early 2021.

- Iota (B.1.621): Emerged in the U.S. in July 2021.

- Kappa (B.1.617.1): Found in India in early 2021.

- Lambda (C.37): Emerged in South America in mid-2021.

- Mu (B.1.621.1): Found in Colombia in January 2021.

- Omicron (BA.1): First identified in Botswana and South Africa in November 2021.

- Pirola (BA.2.86): Nicknamed the "Delta-Omicron" variant, due to its potential to combine the worst of both the Delta and Omicron variants.

- Eris (EG.5): Nicknamed "Omicron 2" or "Omicron 3," this is currently the dominant strain in the U.S.