ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES OF TESTING FOR COVID-19
The article presents the experience of testing students and employees of the sports cadet school of the Military Institute of physical culture in St. Petersburg for COVID-19 in the second wave of the new coronavirus pandemic. The results obtained during the survey are impressive, indicating the optimal organization of the cadet corps and a high level of medical and pedagogical support for the training process. All students and employees of the cadet corps in the conditions of shift work (the change of teachers takes over the watch 1 time in 7 days), sequentially, with an interval of 9 days, rapid testing for antibodies to THE new covid-19 coronavirus infection was carried out using the INNOVITA test system. Of the 238 tests conducted for COVID-19, only one cadet corps employee was found to have IgG-class antibodies, indicating a previous COVID-19 infection and developed immunity. All the other subjects (75 students and 43 cadet corps employees) tested negative. It is proposed to use express test systems for rapid detection of IgG and IdM (G, M) COVID-19 antibodies in cadet corps students and employees, students of higher and secondary educational institutions, students and cadets of law enforcement institutions, conscripted military personnel, as well as employees of these institutions for the purpose of early detection of persons infected with the new COVID-19 coronavirus infection. The results of the study presented in the article will help in the fight against a new coronavirus infection - a new strain of coronavirus that has not been previously identified in humans. Current estimates of the incubation period range from 1-12. 5 days with median estimates of 5-6 days. These estimates will be updated as new data becomes available.