It is said to be a variant that has “the genetic signature of omicron and the genome of delta”. “We have found a strain that is a combination of the two,” said Leondios Kostrikis, a professor of biology at the University of Cyprus, reports Bloomberg news agency. The Pasteur Institute in France is now going to further investigate the variant.
According to the Cypriot newspaper Cyprus Mail, 25 cases have been identified, 11 of which were in people hospitalized with the coronavirus. On January 7, the samples were sent to the Pasteur Institute in France, which is exchanging official data on the coronavirus.
According to the Cyprus Times, the doctor added that “the frequency of the mutations was higher in those in hospital, which may lead to the idea that there is a link between deltracron and hospital admissions. We will see in the future whether this strain is more pathological or contagious and whether it will prevail,” said the doctor.