Thermo Fisher, Qiagen and Others Assure Their COVID-19 PCR Tests Detect Omicron

With all the uncertainty around the new SARS-CoV-2 variant, Omicron (B.1.1.529), diagnostic test makers are assuring people that their COVID-19 PCR tests work just fine in detecting the latest version of the coronavirus.

Upon being declared a variant of concern by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday last week, companies like Thermo Fisher Scientific, Qiagen, Abbott, Cue Health and Co-Diagnostics have said that their current SARS-CoV-2 assays are able to detect the Omicron variant of the virus. Hence, there is no impact of the new variant on the PCR-based diagnostics.