New Covid variant called ‘Deltacron’ detected in Cyprus

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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