A Russian woman contracted Zika fever while on vacation in Bali. The fact of infection was confirmed by Rospotrabendzor based on the patient's test results. The department said that the girl returned from vacation to Moscow in September. She was admitted to the hospital for infectious diseases. Rospotrabendzor clarified that in Russia the main risk of Zika fever is related to the importation of infection from weakened regions - some countries in America, South and Southeast Asia. The mosquitoes living in our country do not pose high epidemiological risks as carriers of dangerous tropical fever. The main symptoms of fever are fever, headache, back pain, muscle and joint pain, rash or conjunctivitis. Photo: Gennady Cherkasov.

A Russian woman contracted Zika fever while on vacation in Bali. The fact of infection was confirmed by Rospotrabendzor based on the patient's test results. The department said that the girl returned from vacation to Moscow in September. She was admitted to the hospital for infectious diseases. Rospotrabendzor clarified that in Russia the main risk of Zika fever is related to the importation of infection from weakened regions - some countries in America, South and Southeast Asia. The mosquitoes living in our country do not pose high epidemiological risks as carriers of dangerous tropical fever. The main symptoms of fever are fever, headache, back pain, muscle and joint pain, rash or conjunctivitis. Photo: Gennady Cherkasov.