“One person died on Monday, August 8, due to a pathology he had previously,” RIA Novosti quotes the words of the statement.

In total, according to the department, 10 cases of monkeypox have been registered in the country.

World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency.

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