Rospotrabendzor assessed the likelihood of the spread of Zika fever in the country "the risk has been eliminated," the department said in a statement. Experts noted that the mosquitoes living in Russia do not pose high epidemiological risks, such as carriers of dangerous tropical fever. According to Rospotrabendzor, an imported case of Zika fever was registered in Israel - the disease was discovered in a woman who returned from a vacation in Bali.