Gubkin Russian State Oil and Gas University in Moscow, in whose dormitory students fell ill with measles, was transferred to a remote mode of operation until May 9. informed Info24 with reference to the decree of the rector of the university. Copies of the paper are posted on the publication’s website.
Her source said teachers have so far been notified of the cancellation of in-person classes through the end of the week, and that information is reflected on the site along with the schedule, where on April 11 couples disappeared”.
On April 12, “all this went through the official cathedral chats on WhatsApp”, but RSU employees continue to come to work as usual, although at the entrance they take their temperature, as during the coronavirus pandemic.
According to a source from Info24, in the coming days, all university employees and students who do not have or have an expired measles vaccination certificate will be vaccinated in an organized manner.
What is known about the measles outbreak at the Russian State University of Oil and Gas in Moscow
Earlier, it was reported that one of the RSU students living in a dormitory fell ill with measles and infected several people. As a result, the university was closed for quarantine and students had to provide vaccination certificates against the disease. Telegram channel “Attention, news” with a link to the university itself writing that those infected were vaccinated and revaccinated and that the cause of the illness was a new strain of infection.
The virologist, professor at the Gamaleya National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology, Anatoly Altshtein, assured The Eastern Herald that despite the high contagiousness of measles and the absence of specific treatment, its incidence is well controlled by vaccination.
“We have been using a good vaccine since the 1970s, the incidence has been very low in recent years. There seems to be less emphasis on vaccination now, and measles has increased this year. In recent years there is had a coronavirus pandemic, which also affected other areas of medicine a lot, especially vaccination against various infections, as a result, outbreaks of measles started this year,” he explained.
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