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Moscow to begin free coronavirus testing for all residents

May 14, 2020
Greek state school teachers and students, wearing masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, protest in Athens, on Wednesday, May 13, 2020. Unions oppose government plans to allow remote teaching with use of a camera that will show the blackboard as part of the government's response to the coronavirus pandemic .(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

MOSCOW — Russia’s capital on Friday is to begin free coronavirus testing for all residents.

Under the program announced by Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, tests for coronavirus antibodies, a marker of infection, will be conducted at 30 clinics throughout the city.

Sobyanin said that 70,000 city residents will receive invitations for testing “every few days” and the city will have the capacity to do 200,000 tests a day by the end of the month.

Moscow, with a population of about 12 million, accounts for half the country’s more than 221,000 reported infections.

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