COVID-19 / PCR TESTING

• How to pass a test?
• When to get tested?
• Where to get tested?
• Documents required for testing
• Information about COVID-19 immunity
• Where to find your ID?
• Booking a test
• Testing centres
• Test results
• Preventive measures
• Medical assistance

HOW TO PASS A TEST?

WHEN TO GET TESTED?

PCR test must be taken no earlier than 07:00 on 23 May (GMT+3) and no later than 24 hours before visiting the plenary session. Results will be provided within 24 hours.

WHERE TO GET TESTED?

Testing will be carried out at the Forum’s dedicated testing centres, which are provided by Rospotrebnadzor in Moscow and St. Petersburg.

The results will be uploaded to the Forum information system automatically. The results of tests taken at other laboratories will NOT be accepted.

DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR TESTING

1. Information about your immunity to COVID-19

In order to be admitted for PCR testing, all Forum participants and media representatives must provide information about their immunity to COVID-19 in the Roscongress personal account or personal web office (for media).

2. Forum participant ID

When taking a PCR test, you must provide your Forum participant ID. 

Before visiting a testing centre, please find out your Forum participant ID number (available in the Roscongress personal account or personal web office) and take your passport with you.

OR

If you have already received your badge, please take it with you – you can find your ID number there.

If a test is not associated with a participant ID, it will not be possible to send the test results to the Accreditation Centre in order to activate the badge to attend the event.

3. Medical treatment consent form

• For participants planning to take a PCR test in Moscow, you must print, fill out and sign a medical treatment consent form before visiting the testing centre and bring it with you.

Download medical treatment consent form

PCR testing at dedicated Forum testing centres is strictly by appointment only. Please arrive at the time of your booking.

INFORMATION ABOUT COVID-19 IMMUNITY

Please note: In order to be admitted for PCR testing, all Forum participants and media representatives must provide information about their immunity to COVID-19 in the Roscongress personal account or personal web office (for media).

• Information about COVID-19 vaccination status (if vaccinated, you must upload a scanned copy of a document confirming vaccination).
• Information about previous coronavirus infection (COVID-19) status (if previously infected, you must upload a scanned copy of a document confirming infection).
• Information about the presence or absence of COVID-19 antibodies (where antibodies are present, please upload a scanned copy of a document confirming the presence of antibodies).
• Information about permanent residence and temporary addresses in Moscow during the Forum.

It is not required to take a PCR test before entering the Russian Federation or quarantine upon arrival.

WHERE TO FIND YOUR ID?

1. Participants

The ID is a participant’s identification number in the Roscongress personal account. A number is assigned to each participant after registering in the Roscongress personal account.

You can view your ID in the ‘Personal data’ section of the Roscongress personal account next to the participant photo.

2. Media ID

You can view your ID in your personal web office next to the participant photo.

BOOKING A TEST

1. Participants

You must use the Roscongress personal account to book a test. 

In the Roscongress personal account, go to the ‘My events’ section and choose ‘Eurasian Economic Forum’, then open the ‘Event dashboard – COVID-19’ tab. In the ‘COVID-19 – Book a test’ section, choose the most convenient testing centre from the list and select a time slot.

2. Media

You must use the personal web office to book a test. Choose the most convenient testing centre from the list and select a time slot.

TESTING CENTRES

You don't have to pay for a PCR test.

Testing centre*	Operating hours*	Booking
Participants, media
MOSCOW
Domodedovo Airport, International Arrivals, 1st floor, between the 1st and 2nd entrances to the building, next to the offices of veterinary and phytosanitary control	23 May (08:00–23:59)	By appointment
Sheremetyevo Airport, Terminal B, Arrivals, 1st floor, between information stand and Sber office
Sheremetyevo Airport, Terminal B, VIP area, 1st floor
World Trade Center Moscow (12, Krasnopresnenskaya Naberezhnaya, entrance No. 3, 1st floor)	23 May (08:00–23:00)	By appointment
Federal Budget-funded Healthcare Institution “Federal Centre for Hygiene and Epidemiology” (19A, Varshavskoye Shosse), nine-story building behind the checkpoint, 1st floor	23 May (09:00–18:00)	By appointment
ST. PETERSBURG
Pulkovo Airport, central terminal, 1st floor, International Arrivals	23 May (08:00–22:00)	By appointment
Centre for Hygiene and Epidemiology (11, Mokhovaya Ulitsa)	23 May (09:00–18:00)

The list of PCR testing centres and operating hours are subject to change. Please check for updates.

TEST RESULTS

Badges to access the venue are activated based on PCR test results. Lab results will be provided within 24 hours.

There are several ways to find out this information:

• Receive the test result at the email address indicated in the questionnaire with data on COVID-19 immunity
• A notification in the Roscongress personal account

If you don't get the test result, you can find out information:

• By calling the Forum information centre at +7 (495) 640 6547
• By calling your Roscongress Foundation specialist

PREVENTIVE MEASURES

Prevention measures en route to the venue

Surfaces in shuttles and rented vehicles are disinfected after every journey. The vehicles are washed. 

Thermometric control

All participants and technical staff will have their temperature measured at the entrance to the Forum venue using non-contact body temperature measuring equipment. Participants and technical staff with a body temperature of 37.1 °C or above or signs of an infectious disease (acute respiratory infection) will not be allowed to enter the Forum venue.

Disinfection

It is advised to use the hand disinfection devices set up at the venue.

Entrances to the Forum venue, conference rooms, halls and other common areas are equipped with hand disinfection devices, including contactless dispensers.

Cleaning of surfaces with antiviral disinfectant

Surfaces at the Forum venue are cleaned with antiviral disinfectant.

Air sanitizing

Air sanitizing ultraviolet bactericidal equipment has been installed in conference halls.

MEDICAL ASSISTANCE

Ambulance teams will be on duty in the immediate vicinity of the Olympus Hall Convention and Exhibition Centre and Zaryadye Hall for the entire duration of the Forum.

Documents

In order to receive timely medical assistance if you have confirmed novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) symptoms, please make sure to have an identification document (passport), migration card and a compulsory health insurance certificate (valid in the Russian Federation) with you at all times.

Detection of COVID-19

If you test positive for COVID-19, you must inform the organizers of your current location within 24 hours so that the information can be sent to Rospotrebnadzor.

Please note that entry to the Forum will be automatically blocked. You must self-isolate in your accommodation facility for the duration of the Forum.

Hospitalization

Any individuals on site who have a fever or show any other signs of infectious disease will be taken to an infectious disease hospital by special transportation.