"Deltacron" and another recombinant Covid infection have been detected in Australia.
In its weekly Covid report, NSW Health revealed the state has identified one Deltacron infection, a mix of Delta and Omicron BA.1, and a recombinant infection of Omicron's sub-variants BA.1 and BA.2.
Recombinant viruses are when two virus strains merge to form a new, single, hybrid strain.
While these infections were reported for the first time today, NSW Health said they were not identified this week.
Deltacron was detected for the first time at the Institut Pasteur in Paris in February and has since been found in the US, UK and Denmark.