Novel coronavirus

All the latest information on the cases of COVID-19. Cases have been detected in several countries in Asia, but also in Australia, Europe, Africa and North America. 

Read more

Rapid increase of COVID-19 cases in Italy

In the last 24 hours, the Italian Ministry of Health confirmed an increasing number of COVID-19 cases, including two deaths, clustered in two regions in Northern Italy as well as single cases in other regions in Northern Italy.

Read more

Outbreak in Lithuania

Between February 2019 and January 2020, 223 cases of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-producing, carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (KPC-CRE) were detected in Lithuania.

 

Read the risk assessment

Influenza season 2019/20

Influenza activity continues to increase, with a number of Member States reporting very high and high intensity.

See the latest infographic

Publication

Tuberculosis - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2017

Surveillance report -

Publication

Threat assessment brief: Outbreak of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): Situation in Italy

Publication, Risk assessment -

News

ECDC statement on the rapid increase of COVID-19 cases in Italy

News, News story -

Publication

Communicable disease threats report, 16-22 February 2020, week 8

Publication -

Publication

HIV and migrants: Monitoring implementation of the Dublin Declaration on partnership to fight HIV/AIDS in Europe and Central Asia (2018 progress report)

Technical report -

Data

Weekly influenza update, week 7, February 2020

Infographic -

Data

Video: ECDC statement on the situation in Italy - 23.02.2020

Data, Video -

Event

Seminar about the coronavirus

19 Feb 2020
Europahuset, Stockholm

Data

Weekly influenza update, week 6, February 2020

Infographic -

Data

Measles notification rate per million population by country, EU/EEA, 1 January 2019–31 December 2019

Map -

Event

Online micro learning activities on non-pharmaceutical countermeasures in relation to COVID-19

20 Feb 2020 - 31 Dec 2020
ECDC Virtual Academy

Event

Active tuberculosis case finding in migrants – ECDC workshop for EU Member States

18 Feb 2020 - 19 Feb 2020
Athens, Greece

Event

Seminar about the coronavirus

19 Feb 2020
Europahuset, Stockholm

Event

Consultation on digital technologies for public health functions

24 Mar 2020 - 25 Mar 2020
Stockholm

Event

Design contest to find the first global Antibiotic Resistance Symbol

18 Nov 2019 - 31 Mar 2020
See all events

Active threats and outbreaks

COVID-19
Following the first reports of cases of acute respiratory syndrome in the Chinese Wuhan municipality at the end of December 2019, Chinese authorities have identified a novel coronavirus as the main causative agent. Cases have been detected in several countries in Asia, but also in Australia, Europe, Africa and North America. Latest updates

Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 
Cases have been declining in the last few weeks, with more recent cases restricted to rural, hard-to-reach communities instead of the urban areas where the hot spots were previously located. Find out more

 

We work on

Data and tools

See all ECDC tools

ECDC focus