Kostrikis stated that the fact that the frequency of the mutation among hospitalised patients was higher could point to a correlation between the new variant and hospitalisations.However, the new variant was not something to worry about at the moment, Cyprus’s Health Minister Michalis Hadjipandelas was quoted as saying.It is “quite possible” that the new strain has not been found elsewhere, and the sequences of the cases have been sent to GISAID, an open access database that tracks developments in the coronavirus, the Cyprus Mail reported.Studies have shown that the co-existence of Delta and Omicron increases the chances of a new variant as a result of them trading genes.In line with this, France recently detected a variant with 46 mutations, and was dubbed as IHU.
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