“So far, there is no need to defend ourselves in our country, because cases of monkeypox have not been registered in Russia.
Sanitary checkpoints operate at the borders, they take into account people arriving from countries where there have been cases of infection.
Fortunately, we do not currently have direct flights to these countries, ”Malyshev said in an interview with Sputnik radio.
He recalled that those vaccinated against smallpox before 1980 developed immunity to monkeypox.
Earlier, an immunologist, a specialist in especially dangerous infections, Doctor of Medical Sciences Vladislav Zhemchugov, in an interview with the 360 TV channel, commented on the situation with the incidence of monkeypox.