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Tata’s RT-PCR kit ‘OmiSure’ gets ICMR nod for detection of Omicron, know how it works

Dais Newsfeed | 04/01/2022 05:22 PM | Click to read full article

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has approved the first RT-PCR test kit to detect the Omicron variant. This kit is manufactured by Tata Medical and Diagnostics, Mumbai and is named OmiSure.

This comes at a time when the country is facing the sudden surge in COVID-19 cases triggered by the new Omicron variant and analyzing the Omicron variant have been an issue among medical experts.

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