And what laboratories and specific tests were used in these cases to positively attribute it to Omicron?
RE: And what laboratories and specific tests were used in these cases to positively attribute it to Omicron?
We know that the standard PCR tests for Coronaviruses DO NOT differentiate between Covid variants. It only determines whether or not you have Covid, and they’re not very accurate at that.
The only way to detect Omicron is via genetic sequencing.
I suspect that detection of Omicron is done via statistical manipulation and extrapolation. They take several Covid patient samples and go through the sequencing and then based on that, determine how many percent are Omicron and how many percent are say, Delta, and then extrapolate to the general infected population.