Suspected monkeypox outbreak in Russia

In St. Petersburg, 5 people have been hospitalized with suspected monkeypox. Rospotrebnadzor has launched a sanitary-epidemiological investigation, and contacts of the infected are being checked. Earlier in the Moscow region, 5 people who had contact with infected individuals were hospitalized.

In St. Petersburg, 5 people have been hospitalized with suspected monkeypox. Rospotrebnadzor has initiated a sanitary-epidemiological investigation, and contacts of the infected are being traced. Earlier in the Moscow region, 5 people who were suspected of having contact with infected individuals were hospitalized. Monkeypox is a rare infectious disease; the virus is transmitted through bodily contact and airborne droplets during close contact. In Israel, the last reports of infections were recorded in 2022. The article also contains a link to an interview with "Vesti" on the topic "Monkeypox in Israel: do scars remain after it?".