With this year’s slogan “Seconds save lives – clean your hands!”, the WHO calls on healthcare workers to achieve effective hand hygiene at the point of care. ECDC supports this campaign and highlights hand hygiene as the most important measure to prevent transmission in healthcare settings.
Variants pose higher risk for hospitalisation and ICU admission
A study coordinated by ECDC with seven EU countries show SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern pose a higher risk for hospitalisation and intensive care admission.
The call for abstracts for this year's European Scientific Conference on Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology (ESCAIDE) is now open and will close on 19 May.
