Special reference to the mutation Deltacron and the Professor of Biological Sciences of the University of Cyprus Leontios Kostrikis, in an article that essentially vindicates them and even approaches the "mating" of the two mutations Delta and Omicron with a good dose of humour.
As the international media outlet reports, the name Deltacron first appeared in early January 2022. when Leontios Kostrikis, a professor of biological sciences at the University of Cyprus, and his team reported that they had discovered a new version of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that combined features of the Delta and Omicron variants. According to the paper, the team had identified this variant in samples taken from 25 patients with Covid-19 in Cyprus, 11 of whom were hospitalised at the time.
According to Jeremy Camille, an infectious disease specialist and professor at the University of Louisiana, the new variant has been circulating since early January 2022 and has been identified in several regions of France by the Pasteur Institute team. Also in mid-February 2022, the Deltacron mutation was also detected in England.
As reported, similar "recombinant" versions of the virus have also appeared in Denmark, which was the first country in the European Union to go ahead with lifting covid restrictions.
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