Experts dismiss claims of new ‘Deltacron’ Covid strain found in Cyprus
Scientists in Cyprus have identified a strain of Covid-19 that combines both the Delta and Omicron variants.
Leondios Kostrikis, professor of biological sciences at the University of Cyprus, said that the hybrid strain has a similar genetic structure to Omicron with the genomes of Delta.
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Hide AdThe discovery was named “Deltracron” due to having characteristics of both variants.