World Health Organization (WHO) starts tracking coronavirus AT variant. 1, which was first identified in Russia in January 2021, reported on Thursday, July 8.

Organization included AT. 1 to the monitoring list, which takes into account variants whose mutations may change the properties of the virus and pose a threat in the future, but about which there is still sufficient data to be collected. Next, the mutated virus is given a name in the form of a letter of the Greek alphabet and it is considered " If it turns out that it is particularly contagious, it is included in the group of "

The option will not be called " Four options are still considered " Now in most countries of the world, the latter option is especially common.. Reported by Deutsche Welle.