a tolled version of monkey pox is spreading around the world. the first cases of infection have already been registered in europe. is the world threatened by a new pandemic and are ukraine ready for... we talk in today's bbc edition, i'm olga polomaryuk. the monkey pox virus or monkey pox is not a new disease for the world, but if during previous scares a relatively mild strain spread, now the situation is much more complicated. the pwisp virus was transmitted between people, it is most common in the remote tropical forests of africa, mainly in the democratic republic of the congo, but... now

the disease has spread beyond the borders of the country, its spread can be seen here on this map. since the beginning of this year , more than 14,000 cases of infection have been registered, and the number of deaths has reached more than four hundred. doctors say this virus is more dangerous than during previous scares. it is precisely because of this that the world health organization declared a global emergency. clearly, a coordinated international response is essential. in order to stop these outbreaks and save lives. a public health emergency of international concern is the highest level of concern under international public health law. in ukraine, cases of smallpox were recorded for the last time in 2022. currently, doctors are assessing the risks of a new outbreak, and held an emergency meeting of the operational response center. they say that the risk is very low, this was stated by the deputy minister of

health ihor kuzin, and today the representative of the public health center mykhailo rossady stated that no new cases were recorded in ukraine cases of smallpox map. at the same time, according to him , if the epidemic situation worsens, additional measures will be taken and vaccination will be carried out, but it is also important to say that this outbreak is dangerous because , according to scientists, a more aggressive variant of the virus is spreading, as well as symptoms. the brightest manifestations. smallpox is a rash on the body, fever, headaches and swelling appear, the virus itself is transmitted through close contact with an infected person, including during sexual intercourse, or through touching objects infected with the virus, such as bedding, clothes and towels. most often, this virus affects children under the age of 15. so what is the current situation where the most infected are, and this is what is happening in the democratic republic of the congo? it starts with

flu-like symptoms, but then the virus takes over . this virus is called empox in english, formerly known as wispamav. here in the democratic republic of the congo, the virus was already present, but now it has started to spread. the virus is transmitted through physical contact or by airborne droplets. five years old sandrine has already recovered, but these were difficult days for her mother. she had a high fever, and then growths began to appear on her body. the rash was on her arms, stomach and even on her tongue, they told me it was a serious disease that could kill her, so i took her to the hospital right away. the virus can also be transmitted sexually, but in these overcrowded camps, most of the sick are children. currently, we have 130 probable cases, half of the patients are children under 5 years old, only 5% are adults. the most common way of infection is direct contact with... a sick person, and in the camps

the children played together. 450 people have already died in the country from the fear of the virus. the new strain of the virus, called clide oneb, is considered more contagious and dangerous. it has already been discovered in neighboring countries, namely burundi, kenya, rwanda, uganda and the central african republic. due to the outbreak of the disease, the world health organization declared a global emergency. the antidote to the virus is vaccination, which is how it was fought during previous outbreaks, but in the democratic republic of the congo, vaccines are not widely available, and children have to rely only on your immune system. vos warns that if the world does not do more to stop the spread of the new strain of the virus, the consequences will be felt far beyond these camps. however, the wispimap virus has already spread beyond the borders of africa and... cases

were found in pakistan in three people who returned from the united arab emirates, but at the moment it is not clear what variant of the virus they were diagnosed with, the first case was also found in europe case. in sweden, the patient caught the virus during his stay in africa and this version of the monkey vizpa, which is considered the most dangerous. and this is what the swedish epidemiologist said about this particular case. let's listen. the environment that traveled in the regions where the kleit-1 strain was recorded spread vizpymav. when he arrived in sweden, he was very quickly diagnosed and isolated, and his contacts were also tracked. so this is the point we're at... there's no indication that we have secondary cases, but the most important thing right now is to prevent the spread so that there are no more cases. we are very well prepared, we exist vaccines against chicken pox. we have antiviral drugs. sweden has only had one case and

it is very likely that we will see more cases in europe in the near future. therefore, it is important that all countries realize that this can happen to people who... come from those countries and take the necessary actions. yes, this was the opinion of an epidemiologist, and whether the world is threatened by a new pandemic and how to protect against it, bbc correspondents found out. it is expected that the world health organization will issue recommendations to countries on what to do in the future under the conditions of an emergency situation of international concern. this morning, both voos and the red cross, addressing the countries of europe, emphasized: be glad that sweden discovered this so quickly. case and told us about it, this is what countries should do during a global health emergency, it shows vigilance, and another thing they emphasized, be generous, it's the wealthy countries that have the vaccine stocks , this is not covid, we know what kind of disease it is, we have it

a vaccine, we have a cure, the democratic republic of the congo, but that's not all, so the conclusion of the world health organization was, if you control it, if you stop the virus where it's raging, it's not... where are you, so here's a request: don't make the mistakes of covid and stockpile vaccines that will then have to be destroyed when you could be sharing them with countries that need them, please share them with the countries that are affected. existing vaccines are believed to work and against the new strain. clyde-1, clyde-1b and clyde-2, which was released two years ago, are a milder version. reported clyde-1b, like clyde-1, is more serious, but the vaccine against it should work. yes, well, the monkeypox virus is different now, it has mutated, and scientists say the new type is very dangerous. why? the bbc's health correspondent dominic hughes explains. at the moment there is knowledge and speculation, so we know that there is

a new strain, it is called clyde, but it is actually a variant of vizpam. it is called one battle. it is assumed that he is more dangerous, contagious, and that, in my opinion, is one of the biggest concerns. legacies of the democratic republic of the congo for decades, but this new variant, the new clyte, as it is called, seems more dangerous and more contagious. there was a spalov a few years ago, in 2022, it was a slightly different variant, called variant two, clay-2, and it didn't seem to be as contagious or as deadly. there is more concern about this new option and that is why the oos has declared a security emergency. health and expressed global concern because they are worried that the virus will spread like it did in 2022. we've been through this before, not just with covid, but with that outbreak. in 2022-23, which affected more than

a hundred countries, when almost 100,000 cases were detected worldwide. that's why people know what works, it's vaccines, they really work. if you can vaccinate. people before they get infected, that makes a difference, but it's also about changing behavior, getting people to change their behavior to reduce risk of infection, so those two things work, and that's what they're going to focus on. health officials around the world will now be conducting case surveillance and monitoring, contact tracing, all the things that were done during the covid pandemic, they will be reintroducing them. yes, the world is afraid. the spread of the virus in china , for example, tightens security measures when entering the country for six months. countries are recording vaccines and whether it will be possible to contain the infection in this way, while the world health organization announced an emergency of international

concern. what does it change? let's listen. the significance of the declaration of a public health emergency of international concern is that, as explained by ceo voos, this is the highest global level of alert that the who currently has under international health regulations i, this is an agreement for all member countries of the organization, there are 196 of them, and usually this is implemented, taking into account the potential risk of the spread of the disease and the need global coordinated response to the pandemic. in fact, it imposes a number of obligations on oic member states, including requiring those affected by an outbreak to notify oic in a timely manner, providing accurate information about cases and how the disease is spreading, and requiring the oic director general issue interim recommendations. these are non-binding recommendations on how countries should respond to the outbreak,

including how to avoid unnecessary interference with travel and trade with affected countries. i think the world has enough vaccines, but the democratic republic of the congo and other affected neighboring countries have only just begun to gain access to them. there is certainly progress in getting these vaccines, but it is not enough and the process is too slow. the african centers for disease control and prevention said they needed approx. 10 million doses to stop the spread. the worst case scenario in this situation would be more spread of the virus in the world. we hope that it doesn't go this far and that countries will take action and try to stop it distribution, following the temporary recommendations in the oos. but it is very important that we do not wait until the virus reaches us and really respond to the outbreak where it is now. security measures and restrictions are being introduced in africa itself. countries open. isolation centers are also introducing mass vaccinations, but is this enough to stop

the spread of the virus? the bbc's lagos correspondent explains. several african countries said they were taking precautions and measures to combat the outbreak. government of kenya and nigeria to emphasize that they have increased surveillance on their borders. port health officials in nigeria are on high alert, especially at airports and seaports. they also set up isolation centers next to hospitals. in addition, they also strengthen information campaigns on health care. the authorities of the democratic republic of the congo will do the same. they also reported on the deployment of vaccination programs. and now only two african countries have received permission to emergency use of vaccines. these are the democratic republic of the congo and nigeria. the latter said it expects 10,000 doses, but this is just a drop in the ocean compared to the tens of millions that african control centers say it will receive. disease prevention is needed on the continent. today, this organization and the world health organization

called on countries to share vaccines. there are accusations that high -income countries are buying vaccines and hoarding their stocks, and so low- income countries such as nigeria, uganda, democratic the republic of congo and kenya are forced to ask for donations. another reason for the shortage of vaccines on the continent is that smallpox vaccine production has decreased over the past year due to reduced needs. another reason is related to duration. the process of inspection of vaccine lots by regulators, but said it would intervene to speed up that process in order to guarantee the necessary number of vaccine doses. well, read more about monkeypox on our bbc.ua website in the article: what is monkeypox and why have doctors declared a global threat? there, my colleagues collected everything you need to know about this virus and whether it threatens ukraine. in ukraine, there are enough smallpox vaccines, the ministry of health says. received 10,000 doses last year, but are urged to observe safety and personal

hygiene measures. so, the world health organization considers the outbreak of smallpox in parts of africa an emergency of global concern, and is concerned that a new, more serious variant of monkeypox is spreading. a pre-emergency situation via wiz the cougar was in 2022, caused by a relatively mild type of clyde-2. the virus then spread to nearly 100 countries where it is not normally found, but doctors managed to contain the outbreak with vaccinations, but this time the more deadly clyde-1 is spreading, and one scientist called this new variant the most dangerous. well, that's all we have time to talk about today, subscribe to our pages in social networks so as not to miss the most important news, we are on facebook, instagram, tiktok, youtube you can watch our release if you missed it. it is on the air, turn on our program on monday, as always at 21: all is well,

congratulations, friends, live on the espresso tv channel, the second part of the verdict program, my name is serhiy rudenko, and in this part we... putin the armed forces of ukraine are successfully developing an offensive operation on the territory. russia: what will the desacralization of the kremlin dictator lead to? an attack on the northern stream. american journalists accuse the ukrainian side of sabotage. who benefits? deployment of anti-ukrainian hysteria in the world. unpacking kyrylenka. the head of the anti-monopoly committee, who previously

ruled donetsk region, is accused of illegal enrichment. how do officials manage to make fortunes during wartime? we will talk about all this in the next 45 minutes. let me remind you that we work not only on the live air of the tv channel, but also on our youtube and facebook platforms. for those who are now watching us live there. subscribe to our pages, take part in our survey. today we ask you about the following: can the ukrainian orthodox church and the ukrainian orthodox church become independent from the russian orthodox church, because we are all waiting for a decision. and president zelenskyi has already announced that there will be spiritual independence of ukraine from russia, we hope that it will be so. that is why we ask you, can the ukrainian orthodox church become independent from the russian orthodox church? yes, no, everything is quite simple on youtube, if you have a different opinion, please write it in the comments, if you are watching us on tv, pick up your smartphone or phone and vote on 0800

211381 if you think that the uoc can to become independent from the russian orthodox church. no, 0800 211 382. all calls to these numbers are free, vote. at the end of the program, we will sum up the results of this vote. today we have a traditional journalism club and i want to introduce my colleagues. this is olga len, political viewer, host of espresso, author and host of the war information chronicles program. olga, hello. congratulations. and bohdan butkevich, journalist, radio host, author and host of two youtube channels, centronet and show-bisik. bohdan, i congratulate you, thank you for joining the conversation. we have some problems with communication. i i hope that we will have contact with bohdan. please check this for the sound engineers, there might be some line issues. well, as colleagues, we ask our

tv viewers whether the uoc can become independent from the russian orthodox church. let's in the format. survey, we will go through this question and ask you and hear your thoughts about what you think, whether the opc can become independent from the russian orthodox church, olga, the question, well, they had it for this, well, i don’t know, six years ago, and from the moment getting tomos, and somehow it didn't work until now, so i don't know, i think it's just somehow time to admit that this is... systemically, systemically, an organization that is, well , subordinate to another country, and that's all, and i understand that it may be that the uoc will have no other option than to become independent from the russian orthodox church, or at least join the ocu. bohdan, you can hear us, well, i hope you will join in, i

can hear you perfectly, i can see, everything is fine, fine, fine, everything is much better already, because... but at the entrance there are some problems with the sound, you, in your opinion, can the ukrainian orthodox church become independent from the russian orthodox church? well, that's how it can be, how can it be independent of the body, for example, the right hand, well, that is, it is impossible, in principle, it is exactly the same story here, you see, well, i would, by the way, pay attention to the fact that if there are people left in the uoc who, for example, well , let's say, until now, i don't know for what reason they are still there. frankly speaking, that is , before there could be an argument that they did not understand something, something else, now actually, well , to be honest, i don’t know, well, let’s imagine that there are such people, but yesterday, it seems, epiphanius made a wonderful appeal to actually the head of this structure, to be honest, i simply do not understand what else can be said, that is, everyone understands everything perfectly,

all masks have long been removed, and therefore it seems to me that if these people want to continue to be in the orthodox church... the ukrainian orthodox church, then they just need to unite with the ocu. actually, the stupidity of muscovites, i don’t even want to say bad words, so as not to spoil your monetization on youtube and so that the help does not come to you, but okay, look, the stupidity of muscovites is that they could, for example to take some very dangerous step, well , imagine, and they take, for example, the moscow russian orthodox church and give their thomas, he would be absolutely illegitimate, they had no right to give him, but imagine, here they take and give their thomas . like the uoc, well, imagine such a step, it would not be dangerous, but it would be a situation in which, i would say, for some morons there would be some choice, but moscow is so... stupid , that she cannot think of anything except that she is doing now, therefore, in addition to delaying time, therefore i am sure that, of course, no uoc will exist in this form, the one

who wants to continue to be a priest, if he passes the selection process and purification, he will enter the ocu, and that one, whoever wants to be a part of the russian orthodox church, well, he will continue to be one, i have no doubt that somewhere in the apartment of some crazy moron, they will gather there, i don't know, tell stories. not the catacomb church as the first christian, i have no doubt about it, but i repeat myself, i am sure that i repeat, thank god, you know that our enemy is very cruel, merciless, cynical, but fortunately there is no mischief and strategic thinking in him, and this is very good, so they should simply be banned and forgotten as terrible, let's hope , that next week the verkhovna rada of ukraine will vote in the second reading of a bill that has been pending for a long time, and this is, in principle, the political will of the current government, of course. that no matter how much president zelenskyy says, we will now vote for spiritual independence we will declare it from russia, but it would have been possible

to declare this spiritual independence a long time ago and then nod in the direction of the parliament and say that the bad parliament does not do this, well, it is very strange, despite the fact that ruslan stefanchuk is an associate of zelenskyi, the servant of the people is the parliamentary majority , well, who can complain, if the gap in the mirror is still zelensky, that is... he looks at stefanchuk, and sees himself there, well, roughly so, colleagues, let's move on to the main topic of, apparently, the last 11 days, that is, the attack on kurshchyna of the armed forces of ukraine, a lot comments with the beginning of this special operation, or operation, military operation of ukraine. at first , ukraine did not comment in any way, mainly the rashists and their propaganda channels and z-channels commented. the telegram covered this event very actively, but ukraine has already completely legitimized this whole story in terms of information, can it be considered that with this

operation a completely different story began for putin, for putin in the world context, in the context of how he is perceived, how perceive russia, perhaps it was a discovery for someone that on the territory of russia federations can walk in the boots of ukrainian soldiers, and obviously putin himself did not know that this could be so, but this is the desire to show that we are stronger here, and we are so formidable, we will give it to everyone now, and god forbid, someone will come to our territory, or will bite off these territories that we have already occupied, well , i mean the russians, that this story is already over, that there is nothing left to talk about... this propaganda comes from nothing, when a foreign army enters your country and there is nothing to say and nothing to do, but simply necessary

to admit that the myth of the omnipotence of the russians and their army has simply been destroyed , olga, well, it doesn’t happen all at once, of course, i would say this is another step, you know, for the sacralization of both the russian government, and putin and russia as such , but it is obvious that this is a mouse away from the moment when we can say, yes, this happened, no, it did not happen, because for this to happen, the process must be long, something that even there was formed in the cities of the world elite , there and in general, there are some different international organizations, about what ot... has some special status, it was formed not in one day, well, accordingly , it will not disappear in one day, for this, this operation must be both longer and certainly successful,

and well, efforts must be made for this, that is, it is not something a thing that happened, well, and besides, to say that after that putin's power there will collapse, no, it won't collapse, well no... where did it fall after prigozhin and after that it will not collapse at one moment, it undermines, of course, his personal power, it diminishes its possibilities, and it leads us, perhaps, most likely to some form of coup d'état in russia, but you know, a palace coup, i don't absolutely believe that it will be some kind of uprising of the masses, because if you look at the latest polls, well, that's it ... as far as we can generally believe that there may be some polls in russia, but it was conducted on august 9, 11 by the public opinion fund, it

was issued literally... on the 15th, that is, just about now, and what do you think, after everything that happened, well, only 25% of russians there said that yes, they are they began to behave worse there, they believe that somehow the authorities are doing something wrong in russian, 25%, what can i tell you, it is nothing in the grand scheme of things, that is, it is not so bad, at the same time it must be understood that, for example, they are interested in it at all. .. war and everything that is happening, every fifth russian, up to, that is, four , it was indifferent, and remains indifferent, that is, what is the russian government based on in general, this is, first of all, on total, absolute learned helplessness, this we saw, if we look at the inclusion of all that ukrainian tv channels were showing judges sitting in the basement, saying, well, apparently, putin doesn't know what's going on, that

the local authorities have abandoned us... well, you understand, but at the same time, they're just lying to your face, that's right, you know, the most despicable thing was when they were told, and you knew, that ukraine was being shelled from your territory there, the war was going on against ukraine, you invaded ukraine, they, well, i don’t know, i can’t hear well there, or something else - something like that, that we didn't know anything there, well, well, of course, it's all complete nonsense, but it must be understood that this passivity of the population, in principle... allows the russian authorities to hold on long enough and, accordingly, in order to break it, the process must be longer and, i would say , the invasion deeper, so that's how they are i have the impression that olga, bohdan, against the background of what is happening in kurshchyna, we see how our western partners are still talking about the fact that, well, what exactly did you expect such

a development? then it should have been, but our western partners are in no hurry to put an end to it of the history of putin's russia, and to help us put this point more actively, because they still probably hope that in some format putin will step down from power or withdraw the troops from the territory of the ukrainian state, here they also brought in oppositionists. to the west, biden meets with volodymyr karamurza and his family, and here you see, there are good russians, why do ukrainians and ukraine have enough strength and opportunities to start the end of putin's russia already on the territory of the russian federation? and ours western partners do not? well, it seems to me that

it's a little more complicated here, well, it's easiest to see now. another philippic on the subject of a weak west, which lacks eggs and everything else, but well, everything is a little more complicated, i would say, you understand, well, that is, on the one hand , there are definitely no eggs in any sense, because well , there are in a certain sense they can even be understood, you know, people decided that they no longer want to fight, you know, full conflicts after two world wars and a completely destroyed europe, in the second world war they simply do not want, but well, it is very unpleasant for us, but on the other hand. there is already a third generation of people living there without great warriors, and when only some, you know, small ones, determined by place and desire, go to war, and only those who want to go to war actually go, well, that’s ok , but now the second point, we have to understand one more thing, well , of course there is the fear of a certain nuclear confrontation, plus don't forget that russia has always invested very, i would say, effectively in

the creation. the image of such a scarecrow, even himself putin does this all the time, but i will tell you that there is a third point, which is actually also, in my opinion, very specific, look, they actually, how do they think that well, first of all , yes, look, let's just understand for one important thing, that western civilization developed for itself after the second world war and the first world war such a simple story, why do we constantly shout de-escalation fu-fu-fu, what kind of crap is this and so on, but you understand, here they are twice the first world war in general, that's how they wrote researchers, no one really wanted a war, but it happened, yes, why, because no one wanted to stop this escalation, and everything ended, it is clear how it ended. the second world war, they say, well, we tried, like, no, no, well, we tried to de-escalate incorrectly, but in fact, we still need to de-escalate so that there is no big mistake, that is, you understand, well, from their point of view , they may be right, of course, it is another matter that if they do not perceive russia as a big thief.