The virologist estimated the probability of a new lockdown due to chikungunya

Virologist Viktor Zuev said that Russian epidemiologists carefully examine all arrivals from China, so the risk of introducing a new lockdown due to chikungunya fever in the country is minimal.

In conversation with aif.ru On Friday, August 8, the doctor stressed that you should not stop traveling, but you need to prepare for them, including vaccination. According to him, after the outbreak of fever in China, serious entry control measures were taken in Russia, writes RT.

Zuev added that chikungunya fever is not transmitted from person to person, but is carried by mosquitoes.

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Earlier on August 8, virologist Alexander Chepurnov announced the existence of a real threat of the spread of the Chukungunya virus in Russia. He noted that today container shipments of any goods have become intensive and fast, and often transit through Russia, so the import of infected mosquitoes is quite possible, writes NSN. He called the two-year deadline for creating a vaccine against the Chikungunya virus, which is being developed by specialists from the N.F. Gamaleya Center, quite realistic.

Also on August 8, IA Regnum wrote that the chikungunya virus is spread by mosquitoes of the genus kusakov. He previously met in India, Africa and Asia, and now in Europe and North America. The disease is accompanied by fever up to +40, severe pain in joints and muscles, headache and rash; joint pain sometimes lasts for months.

On August 6, Rospotrebnadzor took control of data on the outbreak of chikungunya fever in China. It is noted that the Perimeter system is used to ensure security at the border, which allows identifying citizens with signs of infectious diseases.

Earlier in August, Chinese authorities reported more than 10,000 cases of chikungunya fever in the country. 360.ru . Against the background of the spread of the virus in China, restrictions on COVID-19 have been introduced. According to Rospotrebnadzor, imported cases of the disease have not yet been recorded in Russia.

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