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According to Rospotrebnadzor, the HIV epidemic in Russia has spread beyond risk groups and now affects broad segments of the population in 27 regions. In 2025, 45,000 new cases were detected — 13.4% fewer than a year earlier, but mortality and treatment coverage remain problematic.
Aziz KarimovRAS Academician Gennady Onishchenko said that the monkeypox virus can be transmitted by airborne droplets, but close contact is required for infection. The fatality rate of the disease, according to him, is low. Earlier, five people who had contact with a patient with suspected monkeypox in the Moscow region were hospitalized, but their tests turned out to be negative.
Sevara AzamovaAccording to ECDC, the 2026 season has become the most intense on record: 1,715 locally acquired cases and 130 deaths have been registered in the EU. The virus is spreading northward — locally acquired infections have been recorded in Belgium for the first time, and case numbers are rising in the Netherlands. Italy, Greece and France have reported record figures.
Aziz Karimov
