Urgent work needs to be done to understand new Covid-19 variant Omicron, says Singapore

Although the Omicron variant emerged recently, it should still be detected on a PCR test, said NCID. - The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE, Nov 28 (The Straits Times/ANN): A lot of urgent work needs to be done to further understand the new coronavirus variant Omicron, said the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID) on Sunday (Nov 28).

It added that although Omicron emerged recently, the variant should still be detected on a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test.