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Sources at the UK Health Security Agency say they have found no evidence that lateral flow tests – the most common rapid test available – will not detect the variant.

Scientists at Goethe University’s Institute of Medical Virology, in Germany, have suggested that lateral flow tests produced by three major companies successfully detected Omicron in samples.

They include ACON’s Flowflex test, which is the main provider used for nose-only tests supplied by NHS Test and Trace.

Taken from a Metro article, linked to from UCL (UCL were the source for the Metro)

UKHSA are doing a proper investigation, but its not complete yet.

Interestingly, apparently one of the Omicron variants (as in one of the variants that has already mutated from Omicron) has potential to evade some PCR tests but it sounds like its not a big deal to fix.