GG COVID-19 Omicron and Delta kit (Cellgenemedix, South Korea, Investigational Use only) is a cost effective diagnostic tool optimized for rapid diagnosis of Omicron/Omicron stealth, Delta, and SARS CoV-2 infection, and is expected to be a useful tool in the control and surveillance as well as accurate diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 in the new, antigen shift era of COVID-19 pandemic. Accurate diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 as well as differentiation of Delta and Omicron variants is crucial in the decision making of high risk patients, especially when deciding whether they should be considered for in-patient care versus outpatient follow-up. GG COVID-19 Omicron and Delta kit is a cost effective diagnostic tool optimized for rapid (90 minutes from RNA extraction to results) POC diagnosis of Omicron and Delta as well as SARS CoV-2 infection. While it is screening for the variants and cannot replace sequencing as far as accuracy, the analytical sensitivity and specificity is high in our studies and the cost of this test is known to be similar to or slightly more expensive than the previous Real Time RT-PCR test for diagnosis of COVID-19. Also, the ability to screen tens of thousands of patients per lab in one setting is something that sequencing can never do, but real-time PCR can do. Dr Moon also added that “The GG Omicron and Delta kit is applicable to most real time PCR machines used all over the world such as Applied Biosystems 7500 (Thermo Fisher Scientific), Rotor-Gene Q 5-plex HRM (Qiagen, Hilden, Germany), CFX96 Touch Real-Time PCR Detection System (Bio-Rad, Hercules, CA, USA) and comes with associated software compatible with all three machines. It also has the ability detect Stealth Omicron (BA.2, 3) which may not be detected in certain Omicron diagnostic methods and has the potential to detect future mixed delta and omicron type which may well be a problem in the future. Also, a new super-variant could be created if Omicron and Delta infect someone at the same time, one of Moderna's bosses”, Dr Paul Burton, has warned. In this case, The GG Omicron and Delta kit may play a key role in disease control and treatment and needs to be applied as soon as possible in as many countries as possible.

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