This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 29 June-5 July 2014, and includes updates on chikungunya, dengue, Ebola virus, MERS, polio and West Nile fever.

This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 4-10 February 2018 and includes updates on poliomyelitis, hepatitis A, seasonal influenza, rubella, measles, meningitis, mass gathering monitoring (Olympics) and yellow fever.

The ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) is a weekly bulletin for epidemiologists and health professionals on active public health threats. This issue covers the period from 14-24 August 2019 and includes updates on Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, monitoring environmental sustainability of Vibrio growth in the Baltic Sea, West Nile virus infection, haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in Croatia and Slovenia, the mass gathering of the Hajj in Saudi Arabia and Listeriosis in Spain. (Erratum (26 August 2019): On pages 2 and 5 (West Nile virus infection), the figure of eight deaths in Greece (4), Cyprus (1) and Serbia (1) has been amended to four deaths in Greece (2), Cyprus (1) and Serbia (1)

This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 28 January-3 February 2018 and includes updates on influenza A(H7N9), seasonal influenza, mass gathering monitoring (Olympics), MERS-CoV, poliomyelitis, and yellow fever.

This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) is a weekly bulletin for epidemiologists and health professionals on active public health threats covers the period from 4-10 August 2019 and includes updates on measles, Ebola virus disease, monitoring environmental sustainability of Vibrio growth in the Baltic Sea, West Nile virus infection and the mass gathering of the Hajj in Saudi Arabia.

This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 25 February-3 March 2018 and includes updates on hepatitis A, influenza A(H7N9), seasonal influenza, MERS-CoV, mass gathering monitoring, poliomyelitis, yellow fever, and deaths linked to cold weather.

In 2019, the hajj will take place between 9 and 14 August. The risk for EU/EEA citizens to become infected with communicable diseases during the 2019 hajj is considered low, thanks to the vaccination requirements for travelling to Makkah (Mecca) and the Saudi Arabian preparedness plans that address the management of health hazards during and after hajj.

This document assesses the potential risk of outbreaks and transmission of communicable diseases during the Hajj taking place between 30 August and 4 September 2017.