COVID-19 testing is launched at Minsk National Airport
From today you can undergo laboratory testing for COVID-19 at Minsk National Airport.
At the moment a procedure by ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) is available.
The testing point is located in the departure area, sectors 5-6 (before pre-flight procedures).
Anyone can be tested for coronavirus infection: arriving and departing passengers, aviation personnel, visitors and employees of the airport and other organizations.
Working hours of the laboratory is from 9.00 to 18.00 Monday-Friday. Later a round-the-clock mode is possible.
Phone: +375 17 279 13 57
e-mail: covid-minsk1@minsksanepid.by
Attention! The results of express testing will not be accepted when you departure abroad. For this you need to make a PCR test, which is not available at the moment in the laboratory located at Minsk National Airport). Antibody tests determine if a person has ever been infected with the virus, even if the disease was asymptomatic.
To conduct a test you must have:
- passport;
- a document confirming payment.
The analysis is performed by donating blood from a vein. Immunoglobulins M and G are determined for coronavirus infection.
The sampling of biomaterial and its processing is carried out by qualified medical staff of the laboratory service of Minsk City Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology.
IMPORTANT! It is necessary to diagnose COVID-19 on an empty stomach or not earlier than 3-4 hours after eating.
Issuance of research results is carried out within 1-1.5 hours.
The result is handed out upon provision of a passport or by e-mail in Russian and English languages.
The cost of the service is 62, 92 BYN.
You can pay at a bank, as well as through an ATM, self-service terminal and mobile banking.
Details for payment trough the bank:
Executor: State Institution "Minsk City Center of Hygiene and Epidemiology"
Directorate of OJSC "Belinvestbank" for Minsk and Minsk region, BIK BLBBY2X
Beneficiary account BY24BLBB36320100233760001001
UNN 100233760
Payment type: 42-6VD
Amount: 64, 92 BYN
Before payment, please, inform the bank employee about the need to pay through the "Settlement" system (ERIP).
If you have any questions, please, contact the testing point on the territory of the airport by the phone +375 17 279 13 57