New COVID-19 variant Deltacron has been detected in Australia, here's what we know

A new variant of COVID-19 has been detected in Australia, which is a hybrid of two previous strains. Deltacron has been described as mixture of the Delta variant, which spread through Australia last year, and the Omicron variant, which led to high case loads across the nation over the Christmas holidays and into this year. The new variant was initially detected in February in the north of France and has been steadily popping up around the world, particularly in Europe and the United States. Confirmation that the first Deltacron case in Australia was reported by New South Wales on Friday and on Saturday Queensland Health said 'a number of cases' had also been detected here through genomic sequencing.