“As a result of laboratory tests, one case of monkeypox has been confirmed,” TASS reports.

It is noted that the patient had a mild form of the disease, after the course of treatment he left the medical institution.

Formerly Professor of Virology, Chief Researcher, National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology named after N.N.

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Gamaleya Anatoly Altshtein, in an interview with NSN, said: the chance that monkeypox will become a pandemic is very small, and mass use of vaccines is not expected.