‘PCR test can detect new virus variant’


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.

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