New ‘Pirola’ Covid variant is rapidly spreading, leaving doctors across North America worried
The highly mutated Omicron subvariant has been detected in four US states
4 hours ago
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/covid-pirola-variant-symptoms-north-america-b2407359.html

Etymology
Unknown. Perhaps from pixola, idem, from pixa (“penis”) +‎ -ola.
pirola f (plural pirolas)
(vulgar) dick, cock (penis)
Synonyms: carallo, pito, pixa, pixola
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pirola