A training seminar was held for students of Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod

04  04.2026 Students were told about the rules for preventing influenza and acute respiratory viral infections.

On April 4, 2026, I.N. Tuzova, an epidemiologist at the Volga District Center for AIDS Prevention and Control at the I.N. Blokhina Novosibirsk Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology (Rospotrebnadzor), conducted a training seminar for third-year students at the Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod on the prevention of influenza, non-influenza acute respiratory viral infections, and the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Thirty-five participants participated in the seminar.

The seminar outlined measures for the specific and non-specific prevention of airborne infections and identified high-risk groups subject to mandatory vaccination against influenza and the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. Special attention was paid to the rules for putting on, wearing, removing, and disposing of medical masks.