Monkey pox was confirmed in five cases in St. Petersburg.

Monkey pox was confirmed in five patients in St. Petersburg. This was announced on October 19 by the press service of the S. P. Botkin Clinical Infectious Diseases Hospital.

"Confirmed [monkeypox]. The patients are continuing treatment, and their condition is stable, of moderate to mild severity," the TASS news agency interlocutor said.

On October 15, 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.

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Earlier, on October 15, it was reported that five people who had been in contact with a person with suspected smallpox were hospitalized in the Moscow region. A source told Izvestia that three men and two women between the ages of 22 and 35 were among those hospitalized. The reason for seeking medical help was contact with a possible carrier of the infection.