“At the moment, we are monitoring the outbreak in coordination with the authorities of China and Mongolia. At the moment, we do not think that the risk is high, but we are closely monitoring the situation, ”RIA Novosti quoted her as saying.

Rospotrebnadzor monitors the situation with plague, including bubonic, and other infectious diseases in territories bordering Russia.

Molecular biologist, Doctor of Biological Sciences Sergey Netesov in an interview with the FAN commented on the situation.