Russia (bbabo.net), - Roszdravnadzor has registered a new generation PCR test that detects coronavirus and separately detects the Omicron strain. Its peculiarity lies in the fact that the detection of coronavirus RNA and the differentiation of the Omicron strain occur in one test tube. This reduces the analysis time and allows you to examine the maximum number of samples in one setting, notes one of the product developers - Generium JSC. In total, the entire analysis takes 1.5 hours.

According to scientists, the test detects "Omicron" due to the ability to identify characteristic mutations in the N-gene. Due to numerous mutations, this strain is today considered the most contagious, it is able to infect people even with antibodies after vaccination or after an infection.

Previously head of the center Gamaleya, where the Sputnik V vaccine was developed, Alexander Gintsburg, said that Omicron would most likely not be the last strain of coronavirus. The evolution of the virus is ongoing, he said, but it is not known whether the next strain will become genetically significant. "Strains appear all the time. It's another matter which of these options will become epidemically significant," he said.

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