KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 11): Health experts around the world have cast doubts over reports of a new possible Covid-19 mutation that appeared to be a combination of both the Delta and Omicron variants, dubbed as “Deltacron", saying it is more probable that the “strain” is the result of a lab processing error. Recently, a strain of the coronavirus that combines the Delta and Omicron variants has been discovered by a researcher in Cyprus.
Cyprus reported a new COVID variant over the weekend, dubbed "deltacron". Global health experts are casting doubts it could have resulted from a lab error.