Slovakia has three cases of monkeypox, Mikas approximated their age and where they probably got infected
In the week from July 25 to 29, there were three new laboratory-confirmed cases of monkeypox in Slovakia. The total number of confirmed cases has increased to six. Chief hygienist Ján Mikas informed about it.
According to information from the main hygiene department, the infected persons are in the age group of 20 to 59 years. There is an epidemiological link between the two cases.
The two cases are not related to previous confirmed cases. The infection most likely occurred abroad.
Hospitalization was not required
The third person was in risky contact on the territory of Slovakia and is probably not related to the already confirmed cases.
“All three persons with confirmed monkeypox are in home isolation, hospitalization was not necessary for them. The relevant regional public health authorities ensured anti-epidemic measures. Despite the increasing number of confirmed cases, we do not expect large-scale epidemics, but we expect that the incidence of monkeypox will increase in our territory,” said Mikas.
It is not a disease of one group of people
As the chief hygienist further pointed out, the disease is transmitted by close contact, which may not have its own sexual nature. Transmission is also possible through contaminated objects. According to Mikas, the confirmed cases in Slovakia show that it is not a disease of one group of people.
Transmission of the disease is possible regardless of the gender of the individual who came into contact with the infected person or his personal items. “Reserve caution, do not underestimate the occurrence of monkeypox symptoms and do not rely on the fact that statistically you have a lower risk of infection,” added the chief hygienist.
Eurocommissioner Kyriakides calls on EU member states to strengthen efforts to suppress the spread of monkeypox
European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Stella Kyriakides is calling on the governments of European Union (EU) member states to step up their efforts to combat the monkeypox epidemic in the region, which she says is the “epicenter of recorded cases”.
In a letter from the Ministry of Health of the European 27, which was obtained by the AP agency, the politician called for “strengthened, coordinated and directed action”.
They bought 160,000 doses of the vaccine
There is no time for inaction, Kyriakides said, adding that it is necessary to bring the disease under control.
Kyriakides said that the priority block at this stage must include intensifying the identification and reporting of cases and preventing the spread of infection.
The European Commission secured the purchase of 160,000 doses of the vaccine and, according to the European Commissioner, they are also preparing two joint procurement procedures for the purchase of another vaccine and the antiviral drug Tecovirimat.
Monkeypox has traditionally been common in central and west Africa, but until last month it was not known that the disease was causing significant spread in several countries today, involving people with no travel connections to the continent.
Deaths are recorded only in Africa
According to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 16,000 cases of monkeypox have been reported from 74 countries since May.
Deaths are recorded so far only in Africa, where a more dangerous variant of the virus is spreading. The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a state of global threat in connection with smallpox.
WHO monkeypox expert Rosamund Lewis said 99 percent of cases outside Africa are men, and of those, 98 percent involve men who have sex with men.
Kyriakides called on EU ministers to step up risk communication with at-risk groups, but warned that a specific group of men who have sex with men “should not be targeted, persecuted or marginalized because of an outbreak”.
Putin’s biker gang will no longer organize trips around the EU, the Night Wolves have been put on the sanctions list
The European Union (EU) put the biker group Noční vlci on the sanctions list, and the head of the Slovak branch was also put on the sanctions list.
Putin’s gang on American motorcycles
“The Night Wolves biker gang, led by Alexander “Chirurg” Zaldostanov, has been put on the European Union’s sanctions list.
Its leaders will no longer enjoy the trips around Europe that they like to organize, especially during the anniversaries of the events of the Second World War. The Night Wolves are Putin’s gang on American motorcycles. They are spreading the ideology of hatred, intolerance and Russian imperial expansionism,” said State Secretary of the Slovak Ministry of Defense Marian Majer on the social network.
The European Commission’s proposal was approved by the European Council, which also put the leader of the Slovak branch of the Night Wolves, Jozef Hambálek, on the sanctions list, who created an internal base in Dolná Krupa.
A group of neo-Nazis
The EU will freeze his assets, which means that he will not be able to dispose of funds – cash or balances in EU financial institutions. Any other movable and immovable property will not be able to be sold or used to generate profit, for example from renting real estate.
According to Majer, the European Union intervened with the sanctions package against those who violate or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.
“The Night Wolves directly participated in the annexation of the Ukrainian Crimea in 2014 and have long been part of Russia’s hybrid influence operations in Europe. While abroad they present themselves as guardians of the memory of fallen Soviet soldiers, in reality they are a group of neo-Nazis and adherents of a peculiar mixture of Bolshevism and Orthodoxy. After the decision to include them on the sanctions list, they will no longer drive in Europe. Neither as ambassadors of the Kremlin, nor as tourists in luxurious European destinations,” added Majer.
Russia added Slovakia and four other states to the list of enemies
The Russian government has expanded its list of “enemy foreign states” to include Greece, Denmark, Slovenia, Croatia and Slovakia. This is reported by the CNN news website with reference to the decree signed by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.
The Russian authorities consider as “enemy countries” those that, in the perception of Moscow, “commit hostile actions” against Russia. only two countries were in this list – the United States and the Czech Republic.
On Friday in April, President Vladimir Putin announced that these countries are limited in their ability to receive workers on the territory of Russia for embassies, consult and represent state authorities.
According to the decree, Greece has a limit of employment of 34 people, Denmark 20 and Slovakia 16. Slovenia and Croatia will not be able to hire employees for their diplomatic missions and consular offices, as was the case with the US.
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