Like ‘frosted glass’ in the lungs. Russian Health Ministry pulmonologist explains challenges of COVID-19 testing and how Moscow's doctors are managing to diagnose patients

On April 9, Moscow’s coronavirus task force indicated that the majority of the city's pneumonia cases are related to COVID-19. A new coronavirus clinical committee subsequently advised against using separate hospitals to treat patients with pneumonia and COVID-19, and recommended making diagnoses based on clinical information and CT scan results without waiting for coronavirus test results (which have turned out to be unreliable). Meduza asked Sergey Adveev, the Russian Health Ministry's chief visiting pulmonologist, why tests aren’t working, what distinguishes coronavirus pneumonia from other kinds of pneumonia, and how Russian doctors are handling patients presumed to have coronavirus.  

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