In Moscow, increasing capacity for laboratory tests for coronavirus infection. For testing all health care workers in institutions of the city received about 100 thousand rapid tests for determining the presence of immunity to COVID-19.
rapid tests detect the presence in blood of antibodies that show hurts people infection now or have hurt before and he has had time to produce immunity. The source material is a small amount of blood from the finger, the test itself takes about 20-30 minutes.
the city, Federal and private laboratories performed more than 20 thousand analyses per day.
mandatory in Moscow, a test for the coronavirus is taken from people with symptoms of SARS. Testing be performed in patients with pneumonia and anyone who lives with a person with confirmed diagnosis of COVID. It was also organized a screening of the employees that come into contact with residents are health and social workers, employees of transport, utilities, police.
Physicians who treat patients with mers are regularly tested for COVID-19
Analysis of coronavirus in the capital every day rent more than 25 thousand people. Every day 100 thousand people accounted for more than 3.8 thousands of studies. According to this indicator, Moscow is the absolute leader among regions of Russia. Tests conducted in the Federal, private and municipal laboratories.
To define coronavirus infection are molecular genetic tests. Samples taken a swab from the nose and oropharynx, the doctor may run other tests. Positive samples from urban laboratories can be verified with the Federal laboratories (the center of hygiene and epidemiology, which is located in the Earl’s lane, anti-plague center in the street Musorgsky).
Special tests after treatment to determine whether the person recovered completely or not. At discharge all patients who need to stay under surveillance get recommendations.
In recent years Moscow has improved the quality of the test systems. Increased the number of organizations that independently perform specimen collection and testing.
to Learn more about the prevention of coronavirus and methods of combating the disease is possible by phone of hot line:(daily from 08:00 to 21:00), as well as in special projects mos.ru.
