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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Tory Shepherd

Only one approved rapid test in Australia explicitly states it detects Omicron

Rapid antigen tests in boxes, held in a hand.
Rapid antigen tests are being distributed by governments to schools and workplaces but what they can and cannot do is still being determined. Photograph: Joel Carrett/AAP

Only one of Australia’s 23 approved at-home rapid antigen tests explicitly states it will detect Omicron, as the Therapeutic Goods Administration carries out a review of all tests to check how they work with different variants of Covid-19.

Most of the product disclosures for tests list their ability to detect Delta and other variants, but not Omicron. However, manufacturers are providing evidence to the TGA of their tests’ effectiveness as it comes to hand.

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