In St. Petersburg revealed the condition of patients with suspected monkeypox

Five patients hospitalized with suspected monkeypox are in a state of moderate and mild severity, the press service of the Health Committee of St. Petersburg told RBC.

"Patients are in medium and mild condition," it said.

Monkeypox is an infectious disease caused by the Mpox virus. It is transmitted by close contact with an infected person or animal through bodily fluids, skin lesions and contaminated objects. The main symptoms are fever, weakness, enlarged lymph nodes and a rash.

On October 16, the Department of Rospotrebnadzor in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region reported the hospitalization of five people with suspected monkeypox. Specialists began a sanitary and epidemiological investigation. The department also said it had issued a disinfection order.

A day earlier, on October 15, five people who had been in contact with a man suspected of being infected with monkeypox were preventively hospitalized in the Moscow region. According to the regional Ministry of Health, they had no symptoms of the disease, the condition was assessed as satisfactory. All patients are under medical supervision.

In March, the diagnosis was confirmed in a 30-year-old patient admitted to the Botkin Clinical Infectious Disease Hospital in St. Petersburg. The city Committee on health told RBC that the condition of the man was stable, the disease was moderately severe. Regional Rospotrebnadzor conducted an epidemiological investigation and organized anti-epidemic measures.