CDRI-CSIR DevelopsOmicron Testing Kit named “OM”

• CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI) has developed an indigenous RT-PCR diagnostic kit, ‘Om’, for the testing of the Omicron variant of coronavirus. 

• It is the first kit made by any government institution, and the third to be made indigenously, for specific testing of Omicron. 

• Currently, two more such kits developed by private players are available in the market. The kit will give test results in around two hours.