Deltacron: Cyprus Discovers Combination of Delta, Omicron COVID-19 Variants

• Deltacron: Cyprus discovers combination of Delta, Omicron COVID-19 variants

EKO HOT BLOG reports that according to the newest development in Cyprus, worries that the COVID-19 epidemic may rage on are becoming genuine in some regions of the world.

A researcher in the Middle Eastern island country uncovered a strain that mixes the delta and omicron genes.

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Leondios Kostrikis, a Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Cyprus, gave it the name “Deltacron.”

Kostrikis gave the reason as the variant’s omicron-like genetic similarities with the delta genomes, Bloomberg reported.

The don and his team have found 25 cases of the virus, waiting to see what happens in the months ahead.

“We will see in the future if this strain is more pathological or more contagious or if it will prevail”, Kostrikis told Sigma TV.

The announcement of Deltacron came weeks after another new strain, IHU, was detected in France. Cases were reported in areas near the South of Marseille.

The index case was a fully-vaccinated man who returned from a trip to Cameroon, Nigeria’s neighbour, in November 2021.

In late December, the World Health Organization (WHO) expressed hope that the COVID-19 global health crisis would end in 2022.

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