Onishchenko ruled out the spread of the Coxsackie virus in Russia

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Epidemiologist Gennady Onishchenko ruled out the spread of the Coxsackie virus in Russia.

Rospotrebnadzor sent an official request to the Ministry of Health of Vietnam and the ATOR due to reports of the Coxsackie virus in Russians.

Onishchenko advised Russians to assess epidemiological risks and take an interest in the current epidemiological situation in the country of planned stay.

MOSCOW, October 6 - RIA Novosti. Epidemiologist, Deputy President of the Russian Academy of Education, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Gennady Onishchenko ruled out the spread of the Coxsackie virus in Russia and advised Russians to assess epidemiological risks when traveling abroad.

Earlier, Rospotrebnadzor sent an official request to the Ministry of Health of Vietnam and ATOR due to reports of the Coxsackie virus in Russians.

“If they (those infected with Coxsackie in Vietnam - ed.) come to Russia, this will not spread, the main thing is to identify the disease in time. Therefore, we need to know the region of Vietnam where they became infected, and based on this, build anti-epidemic measures,” Onishchenko told RIA Novosti.

The academician advised Russians to take an interest in the current epidemiological situation in the country of their planned stay before traveling. At the same time, according to him, the World Health Organization is monitoring the incidence of the Coxsackie virus throughout Southeast Asia, including Vietnam.

Onishchenko noted that the Coxsackie virus is very stable in the external environment. In addition, the humidity and hot temperatures currently experienced in Vietnam contribute to the persistence of the virus.