The institute's primary trade union organization was awarded for valiant work and significant contribution to the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

20  10.2021 Honorary diplomas of the regional committee and medals of the Central Committee of the trade union "For a special contribution to the fight against coronavirus" were awarded to the employees of the institute who distinguished themselves in the fight against the pandemic.

Vasily Nikolayevich Prikaznov, chairman of the Nizhny Novgorod regional organization of the trade union of healthcare workers of the Russian Federation, presented certificates of honor of the regional committee and medals of the Central Committee of the trade union "For a special contribution to the fight against coronavirus" to the employees of the institute who distinguished themselves in the fight against the pandemic.

The trade union Central Committee medal was awarded to:

• Zaitseva Natalya Nikolaevna, Director of the Institute
• Novikova Nadezhda Alekseevna, Head of the Laboratory of Molecular Epidemiology of Viral Infections
• Olga Peksheva, Head of the Laboratory of Molecular Genetic and Serological Research Methods of the Privolzhsky District Center for the Prevention and Control of AIDS

Honorary diplomas were awarded to:

• Zverev Vladimir Vladimirovich, senior researcher laboratories for molecular epidemiology of viral infections
• Ponomareva Natalia Vyacheslavovna, researcher laboratories for molecular epidemiology of viral infections
• Kashnikov Alexander Yurievich, researcher laboratories for molecular epidemiology of viral infections
• Leonov Artyom Viktorovich, junior researcher laboratories for molecular epidemiology of viral infections
• Ershova Victoria Andreevna, laboratory assistant, laboratory of molecular epidemiology of viral infections
• Klenina Natalia Nikolaevna, researcher laboratories of metagenomics and molecular indication of pathogens
• Zinaida Komyagina, Laboratory Assistant, Laboratory of Metagenomics and Molecular Indication of Pathogens
• Elena Kuzovatova, Head of the Privolzhsky District Center for the Prevention and Control of AIDS
• Butina Tatyana Yurievna, doctor of the Privolzhsky District Center for the Prevention and Control of AIDS
• Irina Kuznetsova, doctor of the Privolzhsky District Center for the Prevention and Control of AIDS
• Makarikhina Valentina Aleksandrovna, assistant director of the institute