The first case of monkeypox in Russia was confirmed in a resident of St. Petersburg, who recently arrived from Portugal, Natalya Pshenichnaya, Deputy Director for Clinical and Analytical work of the Central Research Institute of Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor said.
"Yes, the case was imported from European countries, this is Portugal. The case was detected in St. Petersburg", she said on the air of the Russia 24 channel.
The patient is isolated in an individual box, nothing threatens his life, the disease proceeds in a mild form.
