‘Foreign test kits can’t spot Omicron’s elusive sibling’

The elusive sibling (sub-lineage) of the Omicron variant, BA.2, cannot be picked up by the imported RT-PCR kit having an S-gene drop, researchers involved in tracking the virus in India said on Sunday. The variant has three sub-lineages BA.1, BA.2, and BA.3. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/2hJjhqE