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Latest news bulletin | August 17th – Morning
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17/08/2024
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Sweden reports a case of a more severe strain of mpox, the first such variant detected outside
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of Africa.
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NGOs are calling on the EU to intervene after Bulgaria passed a controversial anti-LGBT
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law.
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Sweden has reported a case of a more severe strain of mpox, the first clade 1 variant
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to be detected outside of an ongoing outbreak in African countries.
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Public health officials said it was diagnosed in a person who sought treatment in Stockholm
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after being infected in an area of Africa where the strain of the virus is spreading.
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The announcement from Sweden comes a day after the World Health Organization said the
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outbreak of mpox in Africa constituted a global health emergency.
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It's the second time mpox has been designated a public health emergency of international
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concern in two years.
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WHO is on the ground working with the affected countries and others at risk through our country
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and regional offices as well as with partners including the Africa CDC, NGOs, civil society
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and more.
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The Swedish public health agency said that the patient being treated in the country for
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the virus doesn't pose a risk to the general population.
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But the WHO is warning that the new mpox variant is a threat to the rest of the world.
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This one is spreading very rapidly and it's spread to countries in Africa that have never
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seen it before such as Rwanda, Kenya, Burundi, we're seeing a lot of cases in Burundi and
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also in Uganda and these are countries that have got a lot of contact with the rest of
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the world but it's really so that's a threat to the rest of the world.
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There are two subtypes of the mpox virus.
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Clade 1 which is endemic in Central Africa is thought to cause more severe illness and
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higher mortality.
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The 2022 global outbreak was caused by clade 2 which is endemic in West Africa.
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More than 300 cases of mpox had previously been detected in Sweden linked to the 2022
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global outbreak of the virus.
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NGOs are calling on the European Commission to intervene after Bulgaria passed a Russian
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inspired law banning what it calls LGBT propaganda in schools.
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The bill amends a previous education law and makes it illegal to promote ideas and
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views related to non-traditional sexual orientation and or the determination of gender identity
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other than biological.
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Bulgaria's President Ruman Radev gave his seal of approval to the bill on Thursday despite
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pleas from human rights groups for his veto.
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President Radoslav Stolnov, chairman of the Bulgarian Helsinki committee says sooner or
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later the law will be repealed.
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Others are of the opinion that the MP's decision is a step in the right direction.
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Meanwhile, primary school teacher Velichka Tosachikova says the law is unnecessary.
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Velichka Tosachikova says the law is unnecessary.
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Human rights groups are urging the European Commission to quickly begin infringement procedures
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against Sofia for what they see as a violation of the EU's core values.
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