The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has endorsed a testing pack for identifying the Omicron variation of the SARS-CoV-2 Covid. The unit is produced by Tata Medical and Diagnostics and is named OmiSure. The RT-PCR unit, Omisure, was prior shipped off the ICMR for endorsement later kept testing. The pack will be utilized to affirm the Omicron in patients with its S-Gene Target Failure (SGTF) technique

ICMR's letter of endorsement dated December 30, 2021, said: "The tests have been proceeded according to the producer's guidelines. Obligation regarding clump to-group consistency lies with the producer."

The unit right now being used to identify Omicron in India has been created by the U.S.- based logical instrumentation organization Thermo Fisher. It, as well, utilizes the SGTF methodology to distinguish the variation.