Vaccines AND, not vaccines only#COVID19 @WHO @DrTedros https://t.co/fbXqqF0eq8 It is a hybrid version of the coronavirus that combine genes from the Delta and Omicron variants.
Philippe Colson of IHU Mediterranee Infection in Marseille, France, who is the lead author for the study, noted that genetic recombinations of coronaviruses have been known to happen when two variants infect the same host cells. "During the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, two or more variants have co-circulated during same periods of time and in same geographical areas...
This created opportunities for recombination between these two variants." So far, 17 confirmed cases of the recombinant virus have been detected so far in the US and Europe.Because there have been so few confirmed cases, it is too soon to know whether Deltacron infections will be very transmissible or cause severe disease.Never miss a story!