Delta and Omicron recombinant SARS-CoV-2 detected in the US

A study headed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the US has detected nine SARS-CoV-2 viruses with genetic information from the Delta (AY.119.2) and Omicron (BA.1.1) variants in several mid-Atlantic states of the US. The states where the recombinants were detected are New Jersey, Tennesse, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania. RNA viruses like the…