JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): The Indonesian Medical Association’s (IDI) Covid-19 task force head, Zubairi Djoerban, has said that the new variant of the coronavirus found in the United Kingdom recently can be detected by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test.
“I liken the new variant of the coronavirus to a person who changes his outfit. The PCR test still can detect them. We should not be too worried, ” Zubairi said during a talk show hosted by the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) in Jakarta on Tuesday (Dec 29), kompas.com reported.
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