“It is the smallpox of monkeys - it’s not worth it (to be afraid. -

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But experts should consider resuming vaccination against smallpox.

It’s like laying straws in advance,” he said.

According to the expert, monkeypox lives in nature thanks to small rodents.

Natural smallpox disappeared because it did not have natural foci.

“Panic should not be raised, but I think specialists should decide on the resumption of vaccination, perhaps with the finalization of the vaccine,” Zhemchugov concluded.

Russian Minister of Health Mikhail Murashko said earlier that there were no cases of monkeypox infection in the country.

Rospotrebnadzor reported that the Vector center had created a test system for the rapid detection of monkeypox.