Dr Balram Bhargav

The Director Controller General of India (DCGI) approved India made RT-PCR kit to detect new COVID-19 variant "Omicron".  On January 5, ICMR General Director Dr Balram Bhagava said, the new RT-PCR kit has been manufactured by Tata MD and ICMR, to test Omicron. "This kit test will give results in four hours," said Dr. Bhagava. Meanwhile, in India, there are a total of 2,135 Omicron cases.