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Posted On: 02/20/2022 9:08:15 AM
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As a long time holder of NNLX will our test work on the new BA.2 Omicron Variant?
“As you may know, BA.2 is called ‘stealth Omicron,’ ” Sato told CNN. That’s because it doesn’t show up on PCR tests as an S-gene target failure, the way Omicron does. Labs therefore have to take an extra step and sequence the virus to find this variant.
“Establishing a method to detect BA.2 specifically would be the first thing” many countries need to do, he says.
“As you may know, BA.2 is called ‘stealth Omicron,’ ” Sato told CNN. That’s because it doesn’t show up on PCR tests as an S-gene target failure, the way Omicron does. Labs therefore have to take an extra step and sequence the virus to find this variant.
“Establishing a method to detect BA.2 specifically would be the first thing” many countries need to do, he says.
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