“On the territory of the Russian Federation, the epidemiological situation of cholera is characterized as stable and is under the constant control of Rospotrebnadzor,” RIA Novosti reports.

It is noted that over the past 20 years, only single imported cases of the disease have been recorded in Russia.

On September 15, the head of Rospotrebnadzor, Anna Popova, said that the incidence of influenza in Russia has decreased by 104 times over 25 years.