“The way things are now, it cannot cause a new pandemic,” Ginzburg was quoted as saying by RIA Novosti.
However, according to him, this virus is still evolving, although more slowly than the RNA-containing virus.
“It would be wrong to simply brush aside this problem, saying that it is unconventional for us, that our ties with Europe and with the whole world are not so intense now and we will be able to check everyone,” he added.
Rospotrebnadzor also noted that no cases of monkeypox have been detected in Russia.