First case of monkeypox infection recorded in Russia

The Rospotrebnadzor clarified that the infected person went to the doctors on his own, having discovered a characteristic rash. Doctors indicated that the disease in a young man is mild, there is no threat to his life. Now he is in isolation in medorgonization.

It's worth reminding, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, epidemiologist Gennady Onishchenko said that monkeypox is increasingly spreading among people, which can be considered a serious problem.

An outbreak of monkeypox has occurred in several countries around the world since May 7 this year. To date, diseases have been recorded in more than fifty countries, and the total number of infected has exceeded six thousand.