Here's what is known so far about the hybrid omicron and delta coronavirus variant which has picked up the Frankensteinian nicknames
Tourists and Parisians are tested at a Covid-19 testing site on the Champs Elysees in Paris, as France recorded over half a million Covid-19 cases in single day of the last week of January 2022, fuelled by the Omicron variant, in Paris, France.
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In recent days, scientists have reported that a hybrid of the omicron and delta coronavirus variants has been popping up in several countries in Europe. Here’s what is known about the hybrid, which has picked up the Frankensteinian nicknames of deltamicron or deltacron.
He found samples collected in France in January that researchers had identified as a mix of delta and omicron variants. In rare cases, people can be infected by two coronavirus variants at once. But when Nguyen looked closely at the data, he found hints that this conclusion was wrong.
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