Surveillance network for Invasive Neisseria Meningitidis in Europe 2003/2004

11 Dec 2019 - This is the second influenza characterisation report for the 2019–20 influenza season. As of week 48/2019, 6 887 influenza detections across the WHO European Region had been reported; of which 84% were type A viruses, with A(H3N2) prevailing over A(H1N1)pdm09, and 16% type B viruses, with 123 of 137 (90%) ascribed to a lineage B/Victoria.

28 Nov 2019 - This report has been published jointly by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the WHO Regional Office for Europe. The Regional Office developed the overview of the European Region as a whole and validated the figures of the non-member countries of the European Union (EU)/European Economic Area (EEA) and ECDC developed the overview of the EU/EEA countries and validated the EU/EEA figures.

13 Nov 2019 - Smallpox was declared eradicated in 1980. There were no reports of confirmed or possible smallpox in the EU/EEA or other countries for 2018.