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Marking WHHD, ECDC is publishing proposed guidance for IPC programmes in healthcare facilities and introducing hyFive, a digital tool to support hand hygiene monitoring and data-driven implementation.
A cluster of severe acute respiratory illness, including three deaths and one severely ill individual, has been reported among passengers on a cruise ship travelling in the Atlantic and registered in the Netherlands. The ship is currently located off the coast of Cabo Verde, with 149 people on board.
ECDC is aware of suspected cases of hantavirus infection, including three deaths, associated with a cruise ship travelling in the Atlantic.
The new monthly surveillance report from the European Centre of Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) provides updated data on mpox in Europe and shows that clade I transmission is still ongoing in several EU/EEA countries.
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