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
- To access the Zaryadye Hall participants, media representatives and staff must take a PCR test for COVID-19.
- The plenary session will take place on 24 May 2023 on the territory of the Zaryadye Hall.
- A PCR test is not required to access Forum events at the Olympus Hall Convention and Exhibition Centre.
HOW TO PASS A TEST?
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Provide information about COVID-19 immunity in the Roscongress personal account or personal web office (for media)
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Find your ID in the Roscongress personal account or personal web office (for media)
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Sign up for PCR testing in the Roscongress personal account or personal web office (for media)
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Take a PCR 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?
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. If you have already received your badge, please take it with you – you can find your ID number there.
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
Please note: In order to book a PCR testing, you must fill in all the required fields of the questionnaire in the ‘Data on immunity to COVID-19’ section. Required fields are marked with an asterisk.
PCR testing at dedicated Forum testing centres is strictly by appointment only.
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 |
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Participants, media |
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MOSCOW |
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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 |
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Sheremetyevo Airport, Terminal B, VIP area, 1st floor |
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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 |
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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.