In Russia, discovered a "own" strain of coronavirus - "Russian deltacron"

Scientists from St. Petersburg have discovered a previously unknown hybrid strain of coronavirus consisting of

"Delta" and "Omicron". Discuss

Since this mutation is not registered anywhere,then the Russian geneticist Dmitry Pruss called it "deltacron". The properties of the strain are not yet known. But it is important to remember that, unlike the omicron strain, Delta seriously affects the lungs.

“New options should be the subject of carefulstudy of specialists. This information about the SARS CoV-2 chimera was obtained on a very limited sample, it is too early to judge the properties of the recombinants, ”the expert emphasized.

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