COVID-19 express tests in the Moscow Metro

Moscow has organized points of free COVID-19 express testing at seven transport hubs, reports the Moscow Department of Transport.

The Department specified that tests are provided daily from 9 to 21 hours at the following hubs: PloschadGagarina, Luzhniki, Zorge, Lokomotiv, Izmaylovo, Nizhegorodskaya, Panfilovskaya.

The testing areas are set aside from the main passenger traffic taking into account the security requirements, the large space makes the procedure convenient for passengers, testing areas are separated and isolated. 

Passengers only need a passport for an adult or a birth certificate for a child and a number of medical insurance, if they have one.

The Department outlined that a positive result of the express test would not be considered as a proof of illness. At the same time, a person shall have an additional PCR test right on the spot, without queues and preliminary appointment.

«The Moscow Mayor ordered to organize the points of free COVID-19 express testing. Today, together with the Department of Public Health, we launched such stations at seven popular transportation hubs. The situation with the virus is tense, so it is imperative to continue wearing masks on public transport. We also continue to intensively disinfect all frequently touched surfaces, the infrastructure and the rolling stock»,  – said Maksim Liksutov, the Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Transport.