Title: Anxiety growth rate among first year students studying through the distance learning in Rostov State Medical University due to the new coronavirus infection
Abstract: Anxiety is defined as a strong negative feeling of worry and expectation of ill-being from others. Situational anxiety is triggered by specific situations and is gone when the situation is solved. The article presents the results of studying the degree of anxiety growth among first-year students of all faculties of Rostov State Medical University due to the self-isolation and the transition to distance learning, within the framework of the threat of the new coronavirus infection spreading. 400 young people aged 18–20 took part in the survey.