“There are risks of importation, they are small.
But our main task today is to ensure that there are no risks of spread within the country, ”RIA Novosti quotes her.
She noted that today there is no need to vaccinate all Russians against this infection.
Earlier, Honored Doctor of Russia, member of the Federation Council Committee on Social Policy Vladimir Krugly, in an interview with Radio 1, said that, according to research, the smallpox vaccine protects against monkeypox by 85%.
According to him, in Russia there are no grounds for mass vaccination of residents against the spreading virus.