Which of the following is the first indigenous RT-PCR kit developed by 'CSIR - Central Drug Research Institute' for testing the omicron variant?

Correct option is D

The correct answer is (d) INDICoV-Om

• A team of scientists at CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI), Lucknow, have developed an indigenous RT PCR Kit for the specific detection of the Omicron variant in collaboration with their industrial partner, Biotech Desk Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad.
• The kit has been named INDICoV-OmTM.

Information Booster:

• Omicron is a variant of SARS-CoV-2 first reported to the World Health Organization by the Network for Genomics Surveillance in South Africa on 24 November 2021.
• It was first detected in Botswana and has spread to become the predominant variant in circulation around the world.
  
• Central Drug Research Institute is a multidisciplinary research laboratory in Lucknow, India, employing scientific personnel from various areas of biomedical sciences.