A new strain of monkeypox has been detected at Domodedovo hospital in the Moscow Region.
"PostMedia" reports, citing the hospital's press service.
According to the information, a 38-year-old man with a confirmed diagnosis has been admitted to the infectious diseases department.
It is noted that this is the third monkeypox hospitalization within a month. Over the past two years, Domodedovo hospital has recorded such cases eight times.
The patient was admitted with complaints of fever, a skin rash and swollen lymph nodes. His condition is assessed as satisfactory, and he is receiving systemic treatment.
Rospotrebnadzor specialists are conducting an epidemiological investigation to identify the patient's contacts and the source of infection.
On October 17, Rospotrebnadzor reported that five people had been hospitalized in connection with a monkeypox case in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region. The diagnosis was confirmed in all of them, and they have now been discharged from the hospital. Meanwhile, five more people with suspected monkeypox have been hospitalized in the Moscow Region.
