Petition · past parliament
Restrain calling the B 1.617.2 as Indian Variant
Rejected
19 signatures
What the petition asks
WHO named the novel corona virus as COVID 19 to avoid any regional stigma ; The same principle should be extended to the corona virus variants too. So calling the new variant (B 1.617.2) as Indian variant is not right.
Kindly restrain the media from calling the B.1.617.2 as Indian variant and call it in a region agnostic name.
Why it was rejected
It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.
This is a matter for individual media organisations and journalists, not the UK Government or Parliament.
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You could start a petition calling on the Government to only refer to the 'India variant' as B.1.617.2 in all Government communications, including press briefings, if that is something you'd like to see happen.
If you do start another petition, please ensure you include your full name as we can't accept petitions started with just a forename.
Timeline
| 13 May 2021 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 21 May 2021 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
19
Status
Rejected
Rejected
21 May 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.