Russia reports first case of monkeypox, federal health official Confirmed Tuesday
“The infection was found in a young man who had returned from a trip to European countries and had gone to a medical facility with a characteristic rash,” state consumer protection watchdog Rospotrebnadzor said in a statement.
Rospotrebnadzor said the patient, whose symptoms are mild, has been isolated in an infectious diseases hospital.
“The contact persons have been established, they are being monitored by the doctors,” the statement said.
It added that the man’s illness was quickly established and “helped prevent further spread of the infection.”
health ministry of russia Told The country’s health system has been preparing for an influx of monkeypox patients since May and guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of the virus have been distributed to regions of Russia.
One the outbreak Infections in Europe and the United States have raised worldwide concern about monkeypox, a rare disease belonging to the same family of viruses as smallpox that is usually endemic to West and Central Africa.
With nearly 1 million additional deaths, Russia has been one of the countries hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic counted Between the start of the pandemic and January 2022.
Federal health officials last month removed Rest all nationwide coronavirus restrictions.
AFP contributed reporting.