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Infectious diseases expert explains why 'deltacron' isn't a real covid variant

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Published date13 January 2022
After reports of a new strain, many people flooded to apps such as Facebook, Twitter and TIkTok to express their concern over a combination of two existing variants

The name of the so-called new variant was dubbed 'deltacron' after it was thought that the delta and omicron strain managed to combine themselves.

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However despite this having been debunked by many health experts, the scientist who reported the initial findings still insists it was not in fact an error.

Dr Leonidos Kostrikis, a professor of biological sciences at the University of Cyprus, told the Cypriot channel Sigma TV that he and his colleagues have identified 25 cases of the so-called 'deltacron' variant, which has resulted in 11 people being hospitalised.

After hearing the news, one expert took to social media stating that the variant is not real and simply an error due to contamination.

Dr Krutika Kuppalli, an infectious diseases researcher for the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that it was indeed an error.

She tweeted: "Okay people let's make this a teachable moment, there is no such thing as #Deltacron (Just like there is no such thing as #Flurona) #Omicron and...

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