“Yes, from the clinical sample of the diseased, scientists of the SSC VB “Vector” of Rospotrebnadzor isolated a strain of the monkeypox virus,” RIA Novosti quotes the message.

Rospotrebnadzor said that the situation with monkeypox in Russia is under strict control.

Elena Malinnikova, MD, Head of the Department of Virology at the Russian Medical Academy of Continuing Professional Education, commented on the monkeypox situation in an interview with Nation News.