Workshop P120WS06 “Training of law enforcement, emergency response, border guard and custom control personnel in basic COVID-19 protective measures in Kyrgyzstan”

Institute of Biotechnology National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic

Concluded on December 5-7, 2022

 The penetration and spread of the coronavirus infection COVID-19 in Kyrgyzstan and the subsequent declaration of a state of emergency, and in some areas of the state of emergency, showed a number of difficulties. Law enforcement officers were at the forefront, who were entrusted with the main burden of ensuring control over compliance with public safety rules. Thousands of police officers were involved in ensuring the state of emergency, who daily patrolled the cities and regions of Kyrgyzstan. Only in the first month after the state of emergency was declared among law enforcement officers, cases of infection accounted for 5% of all cases registered in the country.

The purpose of this workshop was to provide basic biosecurity training for law enforcement officers in the context of COVID-19 in the Kyrgyz Republic.

The Main Personnel Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic nominated 30 people - employees of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Kyrgyz Republic to participate in this training.

Table 1.

LIST

Personnel of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Kyrgyz Republic,

to participate in basic training on the topic: "Biosafety of COVID-19"

The trainers were specialists who were trained under the program in 2021 "The Thin Blue Line":

1. Buteshov Tilek – working at Ministry of Health of the Kyrgyz Republic - Infection Control and Medical Waste Management Consultant

2. Myrzabek Mukhtarov - National Biosafety Trainer of the Kyrgyz Republic; Trainer of “Infection control measures" Trainer of “Infection control measures" at Republican Scientific and Preventive Center for Infection Control

3. Sergey Hegay – PhD, leading researcher at Biotechnology Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic

The training program was divided into three parts: lectures, practical work in groups and independent work (testing of the material covered). The Workshop program consisted of 18 hours.

The participants were divided into 4 groups. Each group was given an individual task. A discussion was held in each group and the answers were recorded on paper.

 Records of group task

From each group, one representative demonstrated to all participants

of the Workshop

At the end of each day, the participants were given sheets with control questions.

Performing independent work testing on the passed material.

 Evaluation was carried out according to the received correct answers.

The first test had 20 questions, the second test had 15 questions.

 The average percentage of correct answers of participants in the first test was 70%, in the second test 70%.