COVID-19: UK monitoring hybrid delta-omicron strain called deltacron – Fox News
Health officials in the United Kingdom officially began monitoring a hybrid strain of the delta and omicron coronavirus known as "deltacron" last week after it was identified in a patient in the country, according to the country's Health Security Agency.
It is believed to have mutated in a patient who caught both variants at the same time but it's unclear if it first mutated in the U.K or another country, according to the Mirror newspaper.
A month ago, University of Cypress virologist Leondios Kostrikis’ said he had identified deltacron, which was dismissed by many experts as a likely lab contamination or error. The new discovery is unrelated, according to BNO News, a Dutch wire agency.
A doctor conducts a coronavirus test.
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