It is noted that the most infected were recorded in the province of Quebec - 202, 67 cases were detected in Ontario, five more in Alberta and four in British Columbia.

Earlier, the World Health Organization (WHO) emergency committee previously recognized the emergency nature of the monkeypox outbreak, but did not agree that it was an emergency of international concern.

Chief Researcher, National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology named after N.F.

Gamalei, Professor of Virology Anatoly Altshtein spoke about the situation with monkeypox in an interview with NSN.