On Monday, Britain recorded the first human case of a new strain of swine influenza virus (H1N2).
The British Health Security Agency statement said: “A human infection with the H1N2 virus, which is similar to the influenza viruses currently spreading among pigs in the United Kingdom, has been detected, and this is the first case of infection with this strain among humans in the United Kingdom.”
The virus was detected as a result of a routine study of respiratory diseases in the infected patient.
In 2009, the swine flu virus infected millions of people. The flu was caused by a virus that contained genetic material from viruses that were spreading among pigs, birds, and humans.
The Health Security Agency said that, based on preliminary information, the strain causing the infection that was detected in Britain differs from the strain discovered in about 50 or so other human cases of infection that has been detected elsewhere in the world since 2005.
Moscow: We reject Western accusations that Russia is using chemicals in Ukraine
Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, Kirill Lesogorsky, stated that Western countries' accusations that Russia is using chemicals in the military operation in Ukraine are baseless.
During his speech at the twenty-eighth session of the Conference of States Parties to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, Lesogorsky noted, “Over the past years, the United States and its European and NATO allies and their followers have launched a widespread disinformation campaign against our country, in a series of additional speculation and alleged violations by Russia of its obligations under Chemical Weapons Convention, and there were far-fetched accusations that riot control chemicals were used during a special military operation in Ukraine.
The request related to this topic was sent by Germany, along with its five main NATO partners and Japan. Lesogorsky noted that Russia "immediately provided comprehensive explanations and submitted a counter-request, demanding that Western countries provide evidence of the accusations against it."
The head of the Russian delegation to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons stressed that "Germany's response that it does not have specific information at its disposal demonstrated the incorrectness and inconsistency of the accusations made at the instigation of the criminal Kiev regime."
According to Lesogorsky, this approach “clearly confirms the misuse of the provisions of the Chemical Weapons Convention,” so the Russian Federation once again asked the countries for the information on the basis of which the above-mentioned accusations were brought against it. He added: "We are still waiting for a response."
At the same time, Russian Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Lesogorsky confirmed that Moscow has indisputable evidence that the United States and its allies are supplying Ukraine with toxic chemicals.
Stoltenberg: It is time for Turkey to ratify Sweden's accession to NATO
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Monday called on Turkey to ratify Sweden's accession to NATO "as soon as possible."
During a press conference in Brussels, Stoltenberg said: “Sweden has fulfilled its promises and now is the time for Turkey to complete the accession process” of this country.
It is worth noting that in mid-November, the Turkish Parliament began discussing the protocol for Sweden’s accession to NATO, which has been suspended since May 2022 and requires the consensus of NATO’s 31 members.
Turkey, along with Hungary, are the last two countries out of 31 NATO members that have not yet ratified Stockholm's accession, after agreeing to Finland's accession on March 31.
Erdogan dropped his opposition to this step in July, referring the matter to the Turkish Parliament after months of pressure on Sweden, denouncing its leniency towards some Turkish and Kurdish refugees whom Ankara accuses of "terrorism."
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