The XE variant of COVID is now circulating across the country. In India, the variant was first suspected to have found in a patient in Mumbai belonging to South Africa. With many children showing COVID symptoms, parents are now fearing to send them to schools. According to the latest updates, over 30% of 107 […]
The new Omicron variant is spreading rapidly causing an increase in infections at unprecedented speed. On November 28th, WHO officially recommended laboratories to use Real Time PCR detection kits capable of identifying putative Omicron variant infections, directly at the moment of the positivity test. To support this recommendation, Menarini offers CoronaMeltVAR, a CE-IVD Real-Time PCR kit based on […]
Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science confirmed that its TaqPath COVID-19 Combo Kit*, and TaqPath COVID-19 CE-IVD RT-PCR Kit can accurately detect the presence of the new Omicron variant in SARS-CoV-2 samples. The test works on the primer-probe detection method and is not impacted by the emerging B.1.1.529, or Omicron variant. The World Health Organization (WHO) classified the Omicron variant […]
