Summer residents in the spring when the season opens are at risk of contracting rodent-borne hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome. This was reported by Doctor of Medical Sciences, infectious disease specialist, virologist Elena Malinkova.
— Hemorrhagic fever associated with the nephrotic syndrome has become relevant to us now, since the opening of the summer season. People come into buildings where rodents have lived all winter, and they are carriers of this virus. Their urine dries up, and with the dust, when people start cleaning, they inhale this virus.
According to the doctor, outbreaks of epidemic fever are typical in certain regions of the Russian Federation. The Volga Federal District is particularly affected by this infection.
“It is necessary to reduce all contacts with rodents to a minimum, carry out wet cleaning of the premises and always work with gloves and a mask,” Malinkova warned in a conversation with. an agency.
The situation with the occurrence of influenza and SARS in Moscow in the 13th week of 2026, from 23 to 29 March, remained stable. Epidemic thresholds have not been crossed either among the entire population or in individual age groups. This was reported by the press service of the capital’s Rospotrebnadzor department.