Four people were hospitalized with monkey pox in St. Petersburg

Four Petersburgers were hospitalized with confirmed smallpox of monkeys. This was announced on October 16 by a source of Izvestia.

According to him, doctors assess the condition of patients as moderate in severity.

The day before, five people with suspected smallpox were hospitalized in Zhukovsky near Moscow. It was noted that among the hospitalized three men and two women aged 22 to 35 years. The reason for calling the doctors was contacts with a possible carrier of the infection.

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Later, Rospotrebnadzor launched a sanitary and epidemiological investigation after receiving information about a possible case of smallpox in the Moscow region. The department did not specify the information about the alleged case and the circumstances of possible infection.