The expert pointed out the asymptomatic nature of HIV

Igor Pchelin, Chairman of the Steps Foundation for the Prevention of Socially significant Diseases, said on April 8 that HIV infection has no specific symptoms. Only tests can show its presence.

"A person can carry HIV without symptoms. And any worries are just another reason to take the test," Pchelin explained in an interview with Radio 1.

He added that an HIV test should be taken at least once a year, and for a risky lifestyle — every six months.

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On March 20, foreign citizens who arrived in the DPR, LPR, Zaporizhia and Kherson regions for more than 90 days without HIV test results were required to submit it by June 10, RT notes.

At the end of February, it was reported that since the beginning of the year, 235,000 residents of the Moscow region have been tested for HIV for free and anonymously, the website writes kp.ru . This is 1.8% more than in the same period last year, according to 360.ru .

On December 1, Rospotrebnadzor reported that the most vulnerable groups of citizens for HIV began to be examined less.

In October, Mikhail Murashko, the head of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, said that despite the fact that the number of HIV tests in Russia has tripled over the past 10 years, the number of new infections has decreased 1.5 times.