As she pointed out, the spread of this disease in Russia, the cases of infection of which were recorded in China and Mongolia, is extremely unlikely.
“There is an effective antibiotic treatment and vaccine against the plague pathogen. Therefore, it is unlikely that the disease could be widespread in Russia even after the detection of isolated cases, ”TASS quoted her.
Earlier, Rospotrebnadzor evaluated the threat of the spread of bubonic plague in Russia.
Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Advisor to the Director of the Central Research Institute of Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor Viktor Maleev, in an interview with the TV channel "Star" spoke about the symptoms of bubonic plague.