New Delhi: While the whole world is fighting against Corona, a new variant of Corona has arrived. Due to this, new news related to Omicron is coming out every day. In view of the increasing cases of infection with the new variant Omicron of the coronavirus in the country, the Dibrugarh Center of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has developed a kit for corona testing, which can detect the infection of Omicron variants within two hours. will work.
Ready-made kit
For your information, let us tell you that so far 33 cases of total Omicron infection have been reported in the country. The most important thing at present regarding the Omicron variant is its quick testing. Let us inform you that at present, genome sequencing of the sample of an infected person is done to detect the omicron, which takes more time. Actually, this test kit has been developed by a team of scientists from the Regional Medical Research Center (RMRC) for the North Eastern Region of ICMR.
Team leader informed
Giving more details about this, Dr. Biswajyoti Borkakoty, the leader of the team that developed the new kit, said that “Targeted sequencing currently takes at least 36 hours while whole genome sequencing takes four to five hours.” It takes days. RMRC has developed a hydrolysis-based RT-PCR kit, which will detect the Omicron variant within two hours. The kit is completely India-made and is being produced by Kolkata-based GCC Biotech on a public-private partnership (PPP) model.”
The first case reported from South Africa
Let us tell you that on November 26, the World Health Organization (WHO) named the new Covid-19 variant B.1.1.529 as ‘Omicron’. The first case of infection with the new variant of the coronavirus, Omicron, was reported in South Africa. Slowly, now it is spreading in many parts of the world.
17 cases in Maharashtra so far
In view of the increasing cases of Omicron, the Maharashtra government has taken a big decision. Yes, in view of the increasing cases of new variant Omicron of Corona, Section 144 of CrPC has been imposed in Mumbai for 48 hours i.e. 11 and 12 December. This step has been taken to prevent the gathering of more people at one place at a time. So far 17 cases of Omicron have been found in Maharashtra.
