RAMATHIBODI Hospital’s Centre for Medical Genomics may soon opt for a new method to detect the recently discovered new variant of Covid-19 dubbed “Omicron”.
Though this strain is still detectable via antigen tests (ATK) and the RT-PCR method, many laboratories have said that the “S” may slip notice in PCR tests due to mutation.
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