This is not soDeputy Director for Research at the Pasteur Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology of Rospotrebnadzor Vladimir Dedkov explained that test systems produced by the department in which he works can determine the omicron strain of coronavirus, despite its difference from the original and subsequent strains. Discuss < img src="https://www.ferra.ru/news/techlife/" class="PfUsGslq" title="Is it true that Rospotrebnadzor's PCR tests cannot detect the omicron strain of coronavirus" alt="Is it true that />
According to the expert, the problem is not the low quality of PCR -tests to identify “Omicron”, but in the fact that in isolated cases the biomaterial was collected incorrectly and at the wrong time. At the same time, he is confident that the tests produced by Rospotrebnadzor can determine the omicron strain, which he cannot guarantee with respect to tests from other manufacturers.
“And even if tomorrow there is something otherwise, they will work,” Dedkov noted.
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Source: Petersburg Diary