‘Deltacron’: What to Know About the Delta + Omicron Recombinant Variant?

"Deltacron has the spike gene from one variant, and the rest of the virus is from another variant."

The Recombinant COVID variant dubbed 'Deltacron'—a combination of the Delta and Omicron variants, 'was expected', says the World Health Organisation.

Deltacron was first discovered in January in Cyprus. However, the first solid evidence of the recombinant variant was shared earlier this month by the Global initiative on sharing all influenza data (GISAID).

The WHO, too, has now acknowledged the variant saying, "yes we are aware of the recombinant."