MOSCOW: Russia on Tuesday said it had detected the first case of monkeypox in the country in a man who returned from a trip to several European nations.

"The infection was found in a young man who came back from a trip through European countries and went to a medical facility with a characteristic rash," health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor said in a statement.

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