New Covid variant called ‘Deltacron’ detected in Cyprus

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Category : Miscellaneous Published on: January 12 2022

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Scientists in Cyprus have detected a new variant of coronavirus dubbed as ‘Deltacron’- combining both the Delta and Omicron variants.
As per reports, 25 cases have been detected so far.
Out of 25, 11 patients were hospitalized while the remaining were from the general public.
The frequency of the mutation among hospitalized patients was higher.
The discovery was made by a team of researchers led by Leondios Kostrikis, biological sciences professor and health of laboratory of biotechnology and molecular virology at the University of Cyprus.

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New Covid variant called ‘Deltacron’ detected in Cyprus