Popova announced mandatory testing for COVID of people with symptoms of SARS

All patients with signs of SARS in RUSSIA will be tested for CORONAVIRUS. This was stated by the HEAD of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova, speaking at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the development of genetic technologies, the event was broadcast by the Rossiya 24 TV channel.

“A decision has already been made in the form of a decision by the chief state sanitary DOCTOR that all patients with an ARVI clinic will now be examined for covid on a mandatory basis in order not to miss patients with a more dangerous infection,” Popova emphasized.

In Moscow, all patients with acute respiratory viral infections have been undergoing rapid tests for coronavirus since the end of September.

Earlier, on November 9, Rospotrebnadzor published data according to which the epidemiological threshold for the incidence of influenza and SARS was exceeded in 37 regions of Russia. At the same time, such indicators were recorded mainly among the adult population.