The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has recently approved a kit named ‘OMISURE’. Omisure is an RT-PCR kit. It is used to detect Omicron, a COVID-19 variant. It is manufactured by Tata Medical & Diagnostics. This kit has been designed and developed by Thermo Fisher, a US based company. It is manufactured by Tata. This kit uses S Gene Target Failure to detect Omicron. At present it is the only kit in India that uses this method for Omicron detection. The cost of this kit is Rs 240. The price of RT-PCR kits sold by government agencies ranges from