The expert reported that there is no threat of the spread of chikungunya fever in the Russian Federation.

Chikungunya fever will not spread in Russia. This was announced on February 4 by Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Deputy President of the Russian Academy of Education Gennady Onishchenko.

"The possibility of spreading is related to the distribution area of these mosquitoes. Our climate zone is not suitable for Chikungunya," he said in an interview with TASS.

He explained that the disease is transmitted mainly by vector—borne pathways - through the bites of certain species of mosquitoes that do not live in Russia. The academician noted that theoretically infection is possible through blood or through close contact, but the natural mechanism of transmission of the virus in the country is impossible.

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Schoolchildren and pregnant women are at risk.

Earlier that day, Rospotrebnadzor reported that an imported case of chikungunya fever had been registered in Russia. It was noted that the patient arrived in Moscow after a vacation in the Seychelles, where she noted mosquito bites and did not use repellents. After returning to the country, she was hospitalized, the diagnosis was confirmed using domestic highly sensitive test systems.

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