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‘The new testing kit can be aligned for detection of other emerging variants of COVID-19 and other respiratory infections.’
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’Om’ is likely to be launched in the second week of February, after it receives a nod from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). A team of three scientists, led by senior principal scientist Atul Goel and four research scholars, have made the kit within two months.
The kit will cost around Rs. 150 and give the test result in around two hours.
’Om’ has been tested and validated by the head, microbiology department, Prof. Amita Jain of the King George’s Medical University.
Senior principal scientist, Atul Goel, said: "The biggest benefit of the kit would be that the patient will be aware if he or she is infected with Omicron or Delta. If one is infected by Omicron, he or she will not panic as this variant is milder than Delta."
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Principal scientist, Niti Kumar, said: "Om will help in quick and cost-effective detection of Omicron as compared to genome sequencing."
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Source-IANS