Respiratory virus surveillance and study protocols

ECDC provides technical guidance to the Member States. This includes guidance regarding data collection for outbreaks in closed settings, contact tracing and routine surveillance of respiratory viruses. 

Technical guidance

Reporting protocols

Reporting protocols provide guidelines on how to prepare data for submission to EpiPulse Cases. All pertinent deadlines are listed, and recent changes to the metadata summarised. The following reporting protocols are relevant for the reporting of COVID-19:

Respiratory virus surveillance guidance 

This document provides guidance for the routine surveillance of respiratory viruses in the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA), including influenza viruses, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV). It sets out action-oriented respiratory virus surveillance objectives, outlines the epidemiological and virological surveillance systems needed to meet these objectives, and explains how surveillance data can support national and EU-level prevention and control measures.