Since the last update on 25 September 2026, and as of 30 October 2026, no changes have been made to ECDC variant classifications for variants of concern (VOC), variants of interest (VOI), variants under monitoring (VUM) or de-escalated variants. For this update, sufficient data to estimate variant…
Since the last update on 26 June 2026, and as of 28 August 2026, no changes have been made to ECDC variant classifications for variants of concern (VOC), variants of interest (VOI), variants under monitoring (VUM) or de-escalated variants. For this update, sufficient data to estimate variant…
Since the last update on 29 May 2026, and as of 26 June 2026, no changes have been made to ECDC variant classifications for variants of concern (VOC), variants of interest (VOI), variants under monitoring (VUM) or de-escalated variants. For this update, sufficient data for estimating variant…
Since the last update on 24 April 2026, and as of 29 May 2026, no changes have been made to ECDC variant classifications for variants of concern (VOC), variants of interest (VOI), variants under monitoring (VUM) or De-escalated variants. For this update, sufficient data for estimating variant…
Since the last update on 27 March 2026, and as of 24 April 2026, no changes have been made to ECDC variant classifications for variants of concern (VOC), variants of interest (VOI), variants under monitoring (VUM) or De-escalated variants. For this update, sufficient data for estimating variant…
Since the last update on 27 February 2026, and as of 27 March 2026, no changes have been made to ECDC variant classifications for variants of concern (VOC), variants of interest (VOI), variants under monitoring (VUM) or De-escalated variants. For this update, sufficient data for estimating variant…
Since the last update on 30 January 2026 , and as of 27 February 2026, no changes have been made to ECDC variant classifications for variants of concern (VOC), variants of interest (VOI), variants under monitoring (VUM) and De-escalated variants. For this update, sufficient data for estimating…
Since the last update on 28 November 2025, and as of 30 January 2026, BA.3.2 has been added to the list of variants under monitoring (VUM). For this update, sufficient data for estimating variant proportions during the reporting weeks are only available from five EU/EEA countries. Therefore, the…
Since the last update on 31 October 2025, and as of 28 November 2025, no changes have been made to ECDC variant classifications for variants of concern (VOC), variants of interest (VOI), variants under monitoring (VUM) and De-escalated variants. For this update, sufficient data for estimating…
Since the last update on 26 September 2025, and as of 31 October 2025, no changes have been made to ECDC variant classifications for variants of concern (VOC), variants of interest (VOI), variants under monitoring (VUM) and De-escalated variants For this update, sufficient data for estimating…
Since the last update on 29 August 2025, and as of 26 September 2025, the following changes have been made to ECDC variant classifications for variants of concern (VOC), variants of interest (VOI), variants under monitoring (VUM) and De-escalated variants: - LP.8.1 (formerly VUM) was de-escalated…
Since the last update on 25 July, and as of 29 August 2025, no changes were made to the ECDC list of variants of interest or variants under monitoring. For this update, sufficient data for estimating variant proportions during the reporting weeks is only available from four EU/EEA countries. The…
Since the last update on 28 May 2025, and as of 27 June 2025, XFG was added as a variant under monitoring (VUM), and KP.3 (formerly VOI) and XEC (formerly VUM) were de-escalated. Note that for this update, sufficient data for estimating variant proportions during the reporting weeks is only…
Since the last update on 25 April 2025, and as of 28 May 2025, NB.1.8.1 (XDV descendant) was added as a variant under monitoring (VUM). Note that for this update, sufficient data for estimating variant proportions during the reporting weeks is only available from two EU/EEA countries. The statistics…
Since the last update on 28 March 2025, and as of 25 April 2025, no changes have been made to ECDC variant classifications for variants of concern (VOC), variants of interest (VOI), variants under monitoring (VUM) and de-escalated variants. Note that for this update, sufficient data for estimating…
Since the last update on 28 February 2025, and as of 28 March 2025, no changes have been made to ECDC variant classifications for variants of concern (VOC), variants of interest (VOI), variants under monitoring and de-escalated variants. Note that for this update, sufficient data for estimating…
Since the last update on 31 January 2025, and as of 28 February 2025, the following changes have been made to ECDC's variant classifications for variants of concern (VOCs), variants of interest (VOIs), variants under monitoring (VUMs), and de-escalated variants: LP.8.1 has been added as a variant…
Since the last update on 20 December 2024, and as of 31 January 2025, no changes have been made to ECDC's variant classifications for variants of concern (VOCs), variants of interest (VOIs), variants under monitoring (VUMs), and de-escalated variants. The VOI median proportions in the EU/EEA for…
Since the last update on 29 November 2024, and as of 20 December 2024, no changes have been made to ECDC's variant classifications for variants of concern (VOCs), variants of interest (VOIs), variants under monitoring (VUMs), and de-escalated variants. The VOI median proportions in the EU/EEA for…
Since the last update on 25 October 2024, and as of 29 November 2024, no changes have been made to ECDC's variant classifications for variants of concern (VOCs), variants of interest (VOIs), variants under monitoring (VUMs), and de-escalated variants. The VOI median proportions in the EU/EEA for…
Since the last update on 27 September 2024, and as of 25 October 2024, no changes have been made to ECDC's variant classifications for variants of concern (VOCs), variants of interest (VOIs), variants under monitoring (VUMs), and de-escalated variants. The VOI median proportions in the EU/EEA for…
Since the last update on 30 August 2024, and as of 27 September 2024, the following changes have been made to ECDC's variant classifications for variants of concern (VOCs), variants of interest (VOIs), variants under monitoring (VUMs), and de-escalated variants: XEC ( a recombinant of two BA.2.86…
Since the last update on 26 July 2024, and as of 30 August 2024, no changes have been made to ECDC's variant classifications for variants of concern (VOCs), variants of interest (VOIs), variants under monitoring (VUMs), and de-escalated variants. KP.3 was classified as a VOI 26 July 2024 due to…
Since the last update on 28 June 2024, and as of 26 July 2024, the following changes have been made to ECDC's variant classifications for variants of concern (VOCs), variants of interest (VOIs), variants under monitoring (VUMs), and de-escalated variants: KP.3 lineages has been classified as a VOI…
Since the last update on 31 May 2024, and as of 28 June 2024, the following changes have been made to ECDC's variant classifications for variants of concern (VOCs), variants of interest (VOIs), variants under monitoring (VUMs), and de-escalated variants: XBB.1.5-like lineages are de-escalated from a…
