世衛(wèi)考慮星座命名變異毒株

New coronavirus strains could be named after constellations once the Greek alphabet is used up, a World Health Organization boss has suggested.

世界衛(wèi)生組織官員表示，一旦希臘字母用完，考慮用星座來(lái)命名新的新冠變異毒株。

The agency started naming new mutations after letters of the Greek alphabet back in May.

世衛(wèi)組織自今年5月開(kāi)始用希臘字母來(lái)命名新冠變異毒株。

So far, 11 variants have been named - including the Delta, Beta and Alpha strains.

截至目前，世衛(wèi)組織已經(jīng)用希臘字母命名了11種新冠變異毒株，包括阿爾法變異病毒、貝塔變異病毒、德?tīng)査儺惒《尽?/p>

Maria Van Kerkhove, the WHO's COVID-19 technical lead, said the WHO is looking at new names in case they go through all 24 letters of the Greek alphabet.

世衛(wèi)組織新冠疫情技術(shù)部門(mén)負(fù)責(zé)人范科霍夫表示，世衛(wèi)組織正在為新冠變異毒株尋找新的命名方式，以防24個(gè)希臘字母不夠使用。

At the moment, constellations are being considered.

范科霍夫表示，目前，該組織正在考慮以星座命名。

The WHO is looking at proposals to make sure no one is upset with the names, she added.

范科霍夫稱(chēng)，世衛(wèi)組織正在研究提案，確保沒(méi)有人對(duì)新的命名感到不滿(mǎn)。