Rospotrebnadzor proposed recommendations on COVID tests for workers

So, organizations with less than 500 employees are recommended to test employees twice a week, while large enterprises with a staff of 1,000 or more.person - at least once every two weeks

Rospotrebnadzor suggests that in organizations where fewer than 500 people work, employees should be tested for CORONAVIRUS twice a week. The department has developed a draft recommendation for employers, the Vedomosti newspaper got acquainted with the document. The representative of the service itself confirmed its authenticity.

If the staff consists of 500-1000 people, they will be tested only once a week. Large enterprises with a staff of 1,000 or more are required to test employees for covid-19 at least once every two weeks. Testing will be required for all employees returning from vacations, business trips and sick leave. Only those who work from home will not have to go through it.

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At whose expense it is planned to test employees, it is not indicated. The recommendations may not be feasible for small and medium-sized businesses if they have to pay for the tests themselves, says Alexander Kalinin, HEAD of the Opora Rossii association. Now 14 million people are employed in small and medium-sized businesses, and even taking into account 30% of the tests transferred to a remote location, at least 10 million workers will be needed, he pointed out. At the same time, one PCR test for COVID-19 costs an average of 2 thousand rubles. Thus, business costs can reach at least 40 billion rubles. per month, or 480 billion rubles. per year, Kalinin calculated. Aleksey Mostovshchikov, a member of the General Council of Delovaya Rossiya, agrees with him. Businesses with five to 10 employees and new companies opened in 2021 will be hit the hardest, he said.

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