Explainer - There's a new Covid-19 variant making headlines around the world - Deltacron. Whatever you may think about that name, it's exactly what it sounds like - a combination of the Delta and Omicron variants. So how did this happen, where did it come from and should we be worried?
What is this Deltacron? University of Otago virologist Dr Jemma Geoghegan says it's a example of virus recombination - when two related viruses infect the same individual and the same cell during a co-infection.
Image: Evolutionary virologist Dr Jemma Geoghegan. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH/ODT
