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title: "After Delta and Omicron variants, a new coronavirus strain ‘Deltacron’ has been found in"  
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published: 2022-02-03  
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# After Delta and Omicron variants, a new coronavirus strain ‘Deltacron’ has been found in

After [Delta](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/82587/new-worry-delta-plus-variant-of-covid-19) and Omicron [variants](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2657/innova-hycross-suv-prices-variants-colour-options-revealed), a new coronavirus [strain](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/239116/difference-between-strain-and-sprain) ‘Deltacron’ has been found in

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## Answers

### Answer by Stuti Gupta

> **Following the discovery of Delta and Omicron variants, a novel coronavirus strain known as 'Deltacron' has been discovered in Cyprus.**

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According to **Leondios Kostrikis,** professor of biological sciences at the **University of Cyprus and head of the Laboratory of Biotechnology and Molecular Virology**, a strain of **Covid-19** that mixes delta and omicron was discovered in **Cyprus**. \
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'There are now **omicron and delta co-infections,** and we discovered this strain that is a combo of these two,' Kostrikis explained to Sigma TV on Friday. The finding was dubbed **'deltacron'** after the discovery of [**omicron**](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95458/after-delta-and-omicron-variants-a-new-coronavirus-strain-deltacron-has-been-found-in)-like genetic markers inside delta genomes. \
Kostrikis and his colleagues discovered 25 such instances, and statistical analysis suggests that the relative incidence of the combined infection is greater among **Covid-19-hospitalized patients** than among non-hospitalized individuals. On January 7, the sequences of the **25 deltacron** instances were transmitted to **GISAID**, a worldwide database that records viral alterations. \


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