| Summary: | <p><strong>Background:</strong> in the face of COVID 19, the active investigation of students in Primary Health Care is of vital importance for the early detection of possible infected patients.<br /><strong>Objective:</strong> to describe the experiences of the active student research carried out at the Fabio D´Celmo Polyclinic, in Cienfuegos. <strong><br />Methods:</strong> descriptive, cross-sectional study, carried out between March 19 and May 20, 2020, in a universe of 18,369 inhabitants and 83 people who participated in the research. The data were obtained from the daily reports on the activity, delivered to the Health Area Management Post.<br /><strong>Results:</strong> the way in which the research was organized in the area is described; 66 493 homes were visited and 161 772 people were searched. 854 patients with respiratory symptoms (0.52%) were detected. In the Medical Office No. 15, of the Popular Council Guaos, a patient tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the only positive case of COVID 19 in this health area. The students contributed to its detection and to the investigation of the 39 suspected cases generated by this outbreak; 25,983 people over 60 years of age were visited, of them 7,734 elderly living alone. COVID-19 has not been reported among students.<br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> the active research work carried out was positive and contributed to detect people with respiratory symptoms, among them a positive case for COVID 19, without affecting the health of the researchers, since the biosafety regulations were followed.</p>
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