Cyprus reportedly discovers a Covid variant that combines omicron and delta

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• A researcher in Cyprus has discovered a strain of the coronavirus that combines the delta and omicron variant, Bloomberg News reported Saturday.
  
• Leondios Kostrikis, professor of biological sciences at the University of Cyprus, called the strain “deltacron.”
  
• It’s still too early to tell whether there are more cases of the strain or what impacts it could have.
  

A researcher in Cyprus has discovered a strain of the coronavirus that combines the delta and omicron variant, Bloomberg News reported on Saturday.

Leondios Kostrikis, professor of biological sciences at the University of Cyprus, called the strain “deltacron,” because of its omicron-like genetic signatures within the delta genomes, Bloomberg said.

So far, Kostrikis and his team have found 25 cases of the virus, according to the report. It’s still too early to tell whether there are more cases of the strain or what impacts it could have.

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