People walk past flowers on display during an annual flower festival outside the GUM department store near Red Square in central Moscow, Russia, on July 1, 2022. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr/Xinhua)
The situation is under strick control and the possibility of further spreading has been stopped.
MOSCOW, July 12 (Xinhua) -- Russia has registered its first confirmed case of monkeypox, Rospotrebnadzor, the country's consumer rights and human well-being watchdog, said in a statement on Tuesday.
"Russia has confirmed its first case of monkeypox. A young man, who had returned to Russia after a trip from European countries, turned to medical treatment because of a characteristic rash," it said.
The patient has been isolated and is under medical supervision with mild symptoms but no life-threatening risks.
The watchdog said that the situation is under strick control and the possibility of further spreading has been stopped. ■
