Mass testing for immunity to coronavirus infection will begin in the capital from may 15. 30 urban polyclinics will be free to donate blood for analysis by immunoassay method (ELISA). These studies will help to obtain the most complete and accurate information about the real extent of morbidity and the rate of spread of the coronavirus in Moscow.
In each of the 30 clinics will be open in two treatment rooms.
the Selection of residents will be carried out randomly in accordance with the age structure of the population and taking into account the district of residence,
Mass screening will help to identify the coronavirus primarily those who have the disease in asymptomatic form. It will also give relevant information about the formation of population immunity — the proportion of the population which has already developed immunity. This will help to predict the development of the pandemic and to make decisions on the abolition or preservation restrictions.
enzyme-linked Immunosorbent assay will help to know whether or not the patient’s blood IgM antibodies (a marker for the presence of coronavirus infection) and IgG (a marker of immunity to coronavirus infection).
For testing has an automatic blood analyzers for the detection of antibodies to coronavirus infection. By the end of may in Moscow will be possible to make more than 200 thousand of such analyses per day. The results will be summed every week and the whole city and for individual districts. This will allow you to have a complete picture of the dynamics of the spread of the virus. Based on these data, decisions will be made about the preservation or mitigation of existing in the city limits. To publish the research results will at the portal mos.ru.
to Join the study after a special invitation — every few days by email or by SMS it will receive about 70 thousand Muscovites. To donate blood, you will need to enroll online by clicking on the link in the invitation. In the near future will be developed a mechanism for rapid publication of the results of IFA test in the electronic medical record of patients.
