ONLY four private laboratories in Bahrain are equipped to detect the Omicron variant of the coronavirus (Covid-19), it has emerged.
The National Health Regulatory Authority (NHRA) yesterday revealed this in its circular to all government and private facilities – a copy of which the GDN has secured.
The four labs are in addition to the Public Health Laboratory, which has been sequencing a majority of samples since the outbreak of the pandemic in 2019.
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