Abstract
Summary. SARS-CoV-2 became a global pandemic challenge for billions of people by reaching people of different nationalities and age groups. Ukraine lists 80470 foreign students who are enrolled into university studies. Ternopil National Medical University (TNMU) includes 2414 foreign students who are enrolled in university studies with the biggest majority of Indian students.
 The aim of the study – to assess the incidence of COVID-19 in students and identify the possible predisposing factors for disease appearance among the foreign students of TNMU.
 Materials and Methods. The study included 641 medical students of TNMU from different countries. The questionnaire included 8 questions to evaluate the presence of risk factors among TNMU foreign students and identify the percentage of students who were already exposed to COVID-19.
 Results. The amount of students that proved PCR-confirmed COVID-19 infection since the start of the pandemic equaled 7.17% (n=46). An evident contact with COVID-19 case prior to the personal disease appearance was proved by only 11.85 % of students (n=76). PCR-confirmed cases in families of TNMU foreign medical students equaled 14.35% (n=92). 
 Conclusions. General incidence of COVID-19 among foreign students of TNMU is low. It is influenced by multiple factors including healthy lifestyle, small amount of smokers, and absence of chronic respiratory problems, current lockdown measures, good physical and mental health status.
Highlights
The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 became a global pandemic challenge for billions of people by reaching all the continents around the globe
The questionnaire included 8 questions to evaluate the presence of risk factors among Ternopil National Medical University (TNMU) foreign students and identify the percentage of students who were already exposed to COVID-19
Ternopil National Medical University (TNMU) lists 2414 foreign students who are enrolled in university studies with the biggest majority of Indian students
Summary
The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 became a global pandemic challenge for billions of people by reaching all the continents around the globe. The first cases of COVID-19 were reported on December 12, 2019 by Wuhan Municipal Health Commission in China [1, 2, 4]. On January 24, 2020 World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed first confirmed cases of COVID-19 in France that proved the entrance of this infection into European continent [8]. For the end of the year on December 31, 2020 COVID-19 incidence in Ukraine since the start of the pandemic was 1 055 047 cases with 18 533 deaths [7]. Ukraine lists 80470 foreign students who are enrolled into university studies. Ternopil National Medical University (TNMU) lists 2414 foreign students who are enrolled in university studies with the biggest majority of Indian students
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