World Health Organization (WHO) has enough COVID-19 variants to worry about.Now it’s keeping an eye on Mu, too.The WHO says it’s monitoring a new coronavirus variant that was first detected in Colombia in January, adding a fifth entry to its official “variant of interest” list.
Fake ‘Maderna’ vaccine card leads to woman’s arrest in Hawaii The variant has been named after the Greek letter Mu, though it also goes by the designation B.1.621.
Mu is pronounced “Mew,” like the sound a cat makes.WHO officials deemed Mu to be a variant of interest on Aug. 30 after it was detected in 39 different countries.