Deltacron is not a newly emerged variant, A Deltacron variant was identified late last year by a researcher in Cyprus. Leonidos Kostrikis, a researcher at the University of Cyprus, said that his team discovered 25 Deltacron cases. The super-mutant virus, known scientifically as BA.1 + B.1.617.2.
On January 7, 2022, the sequences of the 25 Deltacron cases were reported to GISAID, an international database that records virus mutations.
The hybrid strain, according to Kostrikis, includes Omicron-like genetic signatures inside the Delta genome.
However, his discovery was met with strong disbelief, with several notable journals dismissing Deltacron as a “lab error.”
Deltacron “seems to be pretty plainly contaminated,” according to Thomas Peacock, a research associate at Imperial College London’s Barclay Laboratory, which specializes in coronavirus research.
However, Kostrikis defended his statement, saying that the new strain is a combination of Delta and Omicron strains and spreads quicker than both. The Cyprus researcher stated in an email message to Bloomberg that the cases he has discovered.
And, Dr. Krutika Kuppalli, a World Health Organization communicable diseases expert, claims that the Deltacron is “not real” and was most likely contaminated in the lab.
But now the Deltacron emerged in the UK, we don’t know, the Deltacron is lab contamination or emerged in real. The first case reported, let’s wait for the expert’s study on this.
Since its initial emergence in late 2019, the SARS-COV-2 virus has undergone multiple variations.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), The Omicron strain, which is currently the dominant strain in many nations, including the USA, has around 30 mutations in its spike protein which allows the strain to spread rapidly.