Five people in St. Petersburg were hospitalized with suspected smallpox.

In St. Petersburg, five people were hospitalized with a suspected case of monkeypox. This was announced on October 16 by the regional office of Rospotrebnadzor.

"Five people have been hospitalized and are under medical supervision," the agency said in a publication on the Maks messenger.

It is noted that in St. Petersburg‑In St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region, Rospotrebnadzor specialists launched a sanitary and epidemiological investigation due to a suspected case of the disease. A full range of anti-epidemic measures has been deployed in the region.

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The day before, five people were hospitalized in the Moscow region with suspected smallpox. It was noted that among the hospitalized three men and two women aged 22 to 35 years. The reason for calling the doctors was contacts with a possible carrier of the infection. On the same day, Rospotrebnadzor launched a sanitary and epidemiological investigation after receiving this information.