Deltacron Variant Combining Delta, Omicron Just a Data Error, Scientists Say
http://www.newsweek.com/deltacron-variant-delta-omicron-covid-data-error-scientists-cyprus-1667516
Several virologists have dismissed reports of a new COVID variant dubbed "Deltacron" on the basis that it is likely to be a data error.
Reports of Deltacron first emerged last week after Bloomberg cited Leondios Kostrikis, a professor of biological sciences at the University of Cyprus, as having detected evidence of a variant that had Omicron-like features within its Delta variant genome.