“The vaccine that was used against smallpox completely protects against monkeypox.
It is not necessary to create another, special vaccine, ”TASS quotes him.
Altshtein added that if necessary, Rossi has something to vaccinate people with.
Earlier, Altshtein, in an interview with the Izvestia newspaper, said that the monkeypox virus could not cause an epidemic.
On May 21, Russian Minister of Health Mikhail Murashko assured that there were no cases of monkeypox infection in the country.