Moscow (AFP) - Tucked away at a Moscow office block, the laboratory could pass unnoticed were it no though the row of nation waiting, though Russia rolls out mass testing though coronavirus.

While those at row are observing social distancing, they perform no dine symptoms of coronavirus. They dine convert ought the laboratory, divide of a commercial tie called Gemotest that carries out a category of medical tests, seeking confirmation that they perform no dine the virus.

"The lockdown is going ought exist relaxed at the next little weeks and I will start my vocation again which requires near confront with my clients. I dine ought appreciate what my condition of health is," says Ildar Giniyatullin, a 40-year-old masseur, though he waits though a nurse ought confess a saliva example with a cotton swab.

With more than 270,000 cases, Russia is currently at second spot at the nation and Moscow is the country's worst-affected city.

The authorities talk their tactic is mass screening of the population and crow of having carried out 6.6 million tests because the start of the pandemic.

The purpose is ought discover nation who examination sure without symptoms, estimated ought exist just under half of those infected at Russia. The authorities also talk the design has helped retain down the mortality rate, which is remarkably low at less than 2,600 people, though critics dine throw suspect above this figure.

Russians can apply a amount of ways ought acquire tested, if at a laboratory, at vocation or at home.

The Internet gigantic Yandex offered a free testing service at family though a little weeks and says it tested 20,000 people. It has now halted this service, saying free tests are now easily accessible elsewhere.

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"The more nation acquire tested, the easier it will exist ought cease the epidemic, also the economical will tolerate less and there will exist more venture ought confess vigorous measures," says Dmitry Gordeyev, a specialist at diagnosing infectious diseases at Gemotest.

While Moscow has extended its lockdown though most nation ought can 31, some sectors dine been allowed ought work, such though industry and construction. at some other regions, life has nearly returned ought ordinary and the national football championship is put ought bear at the purpose of June.

Gemotest, which has branches across Moscow, offered nation criterion medical tests ago the coronavirus outbreak -- a ordinary service though they vocation faster than condition hospitals.

Gemotest started offering coronavirus tests after being supplied with kits by the country's chief virus inquiry centre at Siberia, Vektor, which are classed though highly reliable.

Now its laboratories are checking 9,000 tests a appointment and offer results within three days.

In a Moscow suburb, a startup called Sistema-Biotech, which is divide of a great Russian holding, AFK Sistema, is working above a divide scheme aimed at speeding up mass screening.

The startup has nearly 30 cane working at a swiftly assembled laboratory at a previously disused hospital building. They talk the examination system they dine developed will discover a feasible virus infection within 30 minutes with machine that fits into a doctor's bag.

If the special examination gives an abnormal arise that is responsible ought exist the virus, the passenger used to exist asked ought experience fuller testing at a laboratory.

"The purpose is ought sieve over the nation hoping ought acquire tested hence they don't overwhelm laboratories, where the tests are identical effective besides during complex," says the head of the startup, Dmitry Mordvintsev.

The special examination does no ask a laboratory or a medically qualified tester. The startup hopes ought pattern it available from June and produce up ought 2 million a month ought equip hospitals and great businesses.

"Mass public testing has ought exist done using stupid methods, that's why this examination was developed," Mordvintsev says.

On Friday Moscow also launched a mass battle ought examination the public though coronavirus antibodies with the purpose of protection some "herd immunity".

Around 70,0000 nation will exist selected at random each three days though tests. The Russian authorities talk the scale of this trial will exist "unique worldwide."