“As of May 29, 2022, a total of 21 cases have been confirmed, one of which is fatal, in nine states of the country.
A 40-year-old patient with comorbidities who was taking immunosuppressive drugs has died, ”the center’s website says.
Earlier, the head of the radiation, chemical and biological protection troops of the Russian Armed Forces, Igor Kirillov, spoke at a briefing during which he noted that monkeypox, according to the WHO report, was brought from Nigeria, another state in which the biological infrastructure of the United States operates.
As of May 30, not a single case of human infection with monkeypox has been detected in Russia, Rospotrebnadzor reports.
The probability of importing the infection into the country is assessed as extremely low.