1 Find your ID
Find your Roscongress ID in the Roscongress personal account or personal web office (for media) and keep it in mind
PCR test
for the special Forum event
Who needs to take a PCR test?
To access Mariinsky II on 25 September for the special Forum event, you must take PCR testing for COVID-19, influenza A/B or ARVI from 07:30 on 24 September to 23:00 on 24 September (Moscow time).
- Results will be provided within 24 hours
- Please note that express testing (LAMP) is not available
- Access to the special Forum event will only be permitted once the required test for COVID-19, influenza A/B, and acute respiratory viral infection has been verified
Please note that the special Forum event is an invitation-only event. An invitation will be sent by email.
How to get tested?
2 Sign up
Sign up for PCR testing in the Roscongress personal account or personal web office (for media)
3 Fill out the consent forms
Print, fill out and sign consent forms for medical intervention and to the processing of personal data
Download consent forms Download example of how to complete consent formsThe consents are also available for download in the Roscongress personal account.
4 Visit the testing centre
Provide your Roscongress ID (or show your badge) at the Forum testing centre. Roscongress ID can be found in the Roscongress personal account or personal web office (for media).
Where to get tested?
Testing will be carried out only at the Forum’s dedicated testing centres, which are provided by Rospotrebnadzor in St. Petersburg or Moscow.
Tests performed at other laboratories are NOT verified and cannot be accepted for special pass activation.
St. Petersburg
Testing centre:
Central City Public Library named after V.V. Mayakovsky
Testing centre:
Grand Hotel Moika 22
Testing centre:
Grand Hotel Europe
Testing centre:
General Staff Building of the State Hermitage Museum
Moscow
Testing centre:
Federal Centre for Hygiene and Epidemiology
Documents required for testing
1 Forum participant ID
When taking a PCR test, you must provide your Roscongress ID.
You can view your Roscongress ID in your Roscongress personal account or personal web office (for media) next to the participant photo.
If you have already received your badge, please take it with you – you can find your ID number there (under the photo).
2 Consent forms for medical intervention and to the processing of personal data
You must print, fill out, sign consent forms for medical intervention and to the processing of personal data before visiting the testing centre and bring it with you.
Important!
Documents must be printed in one-sided format (printing on one side of the sheet only).
Consent for medical intervention for minors is filled out on behalf of the legal representative, so fill it out in advance.
The consents are also available for download in the Roscongress personal account.
Booking a test
Participants, partners, exhibitors, and contractors must use the Roscongress personal account to book a test.
In the Roscongress personal account, go to the ‘My events’ section and choose ‘United Cultures Forum’, then open the ‘Event dashboard – PCR testing’ tab. In the ‘PCR testing – Book a test’ section, choose the most convenient testing centre from the list and select a time slot.
To register for a PCR test, you must log in to your Roscongress personal account and make sure that:
- the information you have provided matches that in your passport
- you have uploaded a photograph for your badge that meets the requirements
- you have uploaded a scan of your passport
- you have downloaded medical and information consent forms in a single file
If the button hasn’t activated, check that you have provided all the necessary information. If you have uploaded everything required, but the button still hasn’t activated, please contact the Roscongress Foundation specialist whose contacts are listed in the Roscongress personal account.
Media representatives must use the personal web office to book a test.
In the ‘PCR testing – Book a test’ section, choose the most convenient testing centre from the list and select a time slot.
Information on verification
Lab results will be provided within 24 hours.
Information regarding test verification will appear in the ‘PCR Testing – PCR Test Results’ section of your Roscongress personal account or personal web office (for media).
If you don’t get the test result, you can find out information:
- by calling the Forum information centre at +7 (495) 640 6093
- by calling your Roscongress Foundation specialist
Preventive measures
Following these rules will help you protect your own health and the health of those around you.
1 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 will not be allowed to enter the Forum venue.
2 Disinfection
It is advised to use the hand disinfection devices set up at the venue.
3 Air sanitizing
Air sanitizing ultraviolet bactericidal equipment has been installed in conference halls.
4 Cleaning of surfaces with antiviral disinfectant
Prior to the event, thorough cleaning is carried out using virucidal disinfectants. During the Forum, common areas and high-touch surfaces are disinfected at least once every four hours.
Medical assistance
Medical point
Medical point at the Forum venue:
- General Staff Building, 1st floor, medical point During the Forum, ambulances will be stationed at the venue.
Calling an ambulance 112, 103
Documents
In order to receive timely medical assistance if you have confirmed COVID-19, influenza A/B or ARVI 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, influenza A/B or ARVI
If you test positive for COVID-19, influenza A/B or ARVI you must inform the organizers of your current location within 24 hours so that the information can be sent to Rospotrebnadzor.