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00:00Sweden reports a case of a more severe strain of mpox, the first such variant detected outside

00:07of Africa.

00:09NGOs are calling on the EU to intervene after Bulgaria passed a controversial anti-LGBT

00:18law.

00:25Sweden has reported a case of a more severe strain of mpox, the first clade 1 variant

00:30to be detected outside of an ongoing outbreak in African countries.

00:36Public health officials said it was diagnosed in a person who sought treatment in Stockholm

00:41after being infected in an area of Africa where the strain of the virus is spreading.

00:46The announcement from Sweden comes a day after the World Health Organization said the

01:13outbreak of mpox in Africa constituted a global health emergency.

01:18It's the second time mpox has been designated a public health emergency of international

01:22concern in two years.

01:25WHO is on the ground working with the affected countries and others at risk through our country

01:33and regional offices as well as with partners including the Africa CDC, NGOs, civil society

01:40and more.

01:41The Swedish public health agency said that the patient being treated in the country for

01:45the virus doesn't pose a risk to the general population.

01:49But the WHO is warning that the new mpox variant is a threat to the rest of the world.

01:56This one is spreading very rapidly and it's spread to countries in Africa that have never

02:00seen it before such as Rwanda, Kenya, Burundi, we're seeing a lot of cases in Burundi and

02:07also in Uganda and these are countries that have got a lot of contact with the rest of

02:12the world but it's really so that's a threat to the rest of the world.

02:17There are two subtypes of the mpox virus.

02:19Clade 1 which is endemic in Central Africa is thought to cause more severe illness and

02:24higher mortality.

02:26The 2022 global outbreak was caused by clade 2 which is endemic in West Africa.

02:32More than 300 cases of mpox had previously been detected in Sweden linked to the 2022

02:38global outbreak of the virus.

02:44NGOs are calling on the European Commission to intervene after Bulgaria passed a Russian

02:50inspired law banning what it calls LGBT propaganda in schools.

02:56The bill amends a previous education law and makes it illegal to promote ideas and

03:02views related to non-traditional sexual orientation and or the determination of gender identity

03:08other than biological.

03:13Bulgaria's President Ruman Radev gave his seal of approval to the bill on Thursday despite

03:18pleas from human rights groups for his veto.

03:22President Radoslav Stolnov, chairman of the Bulgarian Helsinki committee says sooner or

03:27later the law will be repealed.

03:36Others are of the opinion that the MP's decision is a step in the right direction.

03:52Meanwhile, primary school teacher Velichka Tosachikova says the law is unnecessary.

04:15Velichka Tosachikova says the law is unnecessary.

04:40Human rights groups are urging the European Commission to quickly begin infringement procedures

04:45against Sofia for what they see as a violation of the EU's core values.

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