Claim: Researchers use genomic sequencing -- not the clinical tests used to diagnose patients with COVID-19 -- to identify and track specific variants of the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, including the highly contagious delta variant. But viral posts try to deny the existence of the variant by misleadingly claiming there is "no 'Delta Variant' test."
Fact-check: Sequencing Used to Identify Delta, Other Coronavirus Variants - FactCheck.org
Verdict: researchers use genomic sequencing -- not the clinical tests used to diagnose patients with covid-19 -- to identify and track specific variants of the novel coronavirus, sars-cov-2, including the highly contagious delta variant. but viral posts try to deny the existence of the variant by misleadingly claiming there is "no 'delta variant' test."
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Angelo Fichera
Date published: 2021-08-04T21:36:51