The World Health Organization (WHO) will hold an emergency meeting to discuss whether the monkeypox virus spreading among humans poses a public health hazard of international concern, Western media reported.
The meeting is expected to take place on June 23rd.
To date, since the beginning of the year, 1.6 thousand cases of infection with the monkeypox virus have been registered, another 1.5 thousand people are under suspicion. 72 people who have been infected have died. In total, the virus has been detected in 39 countries.
The virus was first discovered in monkeys in 1958 and in humans in 1970.
Monkeypox is a rare infectious disease most prevalent in remote areas of Central and West Africa. Its symptoms are nausea, fever, rash, itching, and muscle pain. Cases outside the region are often associated with travel to epidemiologically disadvantaged areas. The virus is spread by contact, but its virulence is low.
Earlier, the WHO stated that the situation with the spread of the monkeypox virus among humans will not reach pandemic proportions.
Earlier, the Club of Experts, Doctor of Medical Sciences Dmitry Ivanov and Doctor of Biological Sciences Svyatoslav Morozov analyzed this disease and gave their forecasts. For a more detailed analysis of the situation, see the YouTube channel of the Club of Experts at the link
The negative balance of Ukraine’s foreign trade in goods in January-April 2022 decreased by almost 42 times compared to the same period in 2021 – to $29.6 million from $1,236.7 million, the State Statistics Service (Gosstat) reported on Tuesday.
According to its data, the export of goods from Ukraine for the reporting period compared with January-April 2021 decreased by 12.3% – to $16.712 billion, imports decreased by 17.5% – to $16.742 billion.
The State Statistics Service clarifies that in April this year, compared to March 2022, the seasonally adjusted volume of exports increased by 7.2%, to $2.727 billion, and imports, by 65.1%, to $2.78 billion.
The seasonally adjusted foreign trade balance in April 2022 was negative and amounted to $0.053 billion, which is better than in April 2021, when the seasonally adjusted foreign trade balance was also negative at $0.359 billion.
The State Statistics Service recalls that in March 2022 it was positive and amounted to $0.86 billion.
The export-to-import coverage ratio in January-April 2022 amounted to 1.00 (in January-April 2021 – 0.94).
The State Statistics Service specified that foreign trade operations were carried out with partners from 215 countries of the world.
The international investment group Solway, which owns Pobuzhsky Ferronickel Plant LLC (PFP, Kirovohrad region), has confirmed its exit from Russian assets due to Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine.
“In March 2022, the group condemned the actions of taken by the Russian government against the people of Ukraine and decided to exit all its projects in Russia. At the moment, this process has been legally completed,” the company told Interfax-Ukraine on Saturday.
Earlier, the media disseminated information that the international mining and metallurgical group Solway exited the project for gold mining at the dumps of the Klyuchevskoye deposit in Transbaikalia and the existing enterprise for the extraction of gold and silver in the Kuril Islands.
Pobuzhsky Ferronickel Plant is the only enterprise in Ukraine that produces ferronickel on an industrial scale.
In 2003, after a long downtime, the international company Solway Investment Group acquired the assets of the plant and restarted it a year later.
The deficit of Ukraine’s foreign trade in goods in January-April 2022 fell by almost 97.6% compared to the same period in 2021, to $29.6 million from $1.237 billion, the State Statistics Service reported on Tuesday.
According to its data, the export of goods from Ukraine for the reporting period compared with January-April 2021 declined by 12.3%, to $16.712 billion, imports fell by 17.5%, to $16.742 billion.
The State Statistics Service said that in April this year, compared to March 2022, the seasonally adjusted volume of exports increased by 7.2%, to $2.727 billion, and imports, by 65.1%, to $2.78 billion.
The seasonally adjusted foreign trade balance in April 2022 was negative and amounted to $0.053 billion, which is better than in April 2021, when the seasonally adjusted foreign trade balance was also negative at $0.359 billion.
The State Statistics Service recalls that in March 2022 it was positive and amounted to $0.86 billion.
The export-to-import coverage ratio in January-April 2022 amounted to 1.00 (in January-April 2021 – 0.94).
The State Statistics Service said that foreign trade operations were carried out with partners from 215 countries.
The German government has decided to extend the term of trust management of the gas company Gazprom Germania GmbH for the period and after September 2022 and rename it Securing Energy for Europe GmbH.
“The Office of the Federal Chancellor, the Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection and the Ministry of Finance have decided to extend the trust management of Gazprom Germania GmbH (GPG) until September 2022 and beyond. Specifically, the trust management is designed to ensure energy supply and must comply with the provisions of the amendments to the energy security law,” it said. in a statement from the German government.
Earlier, the German government decided to transfer the management of the company to trustees by the end of September 2022.
In addition, a rebranding is planned.
“Gazprom Germania GmbH will be renamed Securing Energy for Europe GmbH (SEFE). This will send a clear signal to the market that the goal of the measures taken is to ensure energy security in Germany and Europe. This is what the SEFE production model will be designed for,” the report says. .
A credit loan from KfW bank will help to avoid the bankruptcy of the enterprise and the “cascading” effect on the market, the Cabinet of Ministers indicates.
In early April 2022, the German Ministry of Economy instructed to transfer Gazprom Germania under the control of the Federal Network Agency. The head of the ministry, Robert Habek, justified the decision with the company’s non-transparent legal relations and violation of registration rules. The decision was valid until 30 September.
Earlier, Gazprom reported that it had ceased to control Gazprom Germania and all its assets. We are talking about the WINGAS/WIEE distributor, the astora storage operator.
In 2019, the consolidated turnover of Gazprom Germania amounted to 24 billion euros, in 2020 – 13 billion euros.
Services of intermediaries in wholesale trade, legal services, audit and tax consulting, services in the field of intellectual property rights, engineering, architectural and engineering services, services for the formation of documents and reporting and consulting services, services for certification of products are included in the list of critical import.
The corresponding resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers No. 673 of June 7 is published on its website.
According to him, this list also added, in particular, such services as repair of car interiors, locomotives and wagons, subscriptions to Internet platforms and other access to programs, as well as other information services, drug development services.
In addition, the list includes postal services, as well as a number of services in the field of IT and logistics.
The government also partially corrected and expanded the list of critical imports. In particular, it included bees, bumblebees, milk cheese, butter, fresh tomatoes, pasta, and a number of gluten-free products.
The updated list was replenished with refractory clay, marble, lime flux, deodorants, Portland cement, plasticine, windows, balcony doors, scrap metal and tram cars.
As reported, the list of critical imports introduced since the beginning of the war, according to the NBU, after numerous expansions, today covers about 90% of all pre-war imports of goods and about 40% of imports of services.
