Brazil confirms first case of Deltacron coronavirus variant

Brazil's Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga confirmed that Brazil had registered two cases of infection with Deltacron, a variant of the novel coronavirus, Report informs, citing Brazilian media.

The new strain combines genetic features of Omicron and Delta and has been monitored by the World Health Organization (WHO) since the beginning of the month when the first cases were identified in France.

"Our genome surveillance service has detected two cases in Brazil; one in Amapá, the other in Pará," the minister told journalists upon arriving at the ministry building.