Seven people on a South Atlantic cruise ship have fallen ill with a rare hantavirus, and three of them have died, with one more in critical condition and others still showing symptoms.
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Surveillance and monitoring
This report provides an overview of measles and rubella cases reported to ECDC through The European Surveillance System (TESSy).
Surveillance information on cases, threats and outbreaks for mpox.
Data
Progress towards the Sustainable Development Goal 3.3 (SDG)
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To reach the 2030 target of two deaths per 100 000 population, the EU/EEA would need to reduce the number of deaths by 75%.
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Although the 2025 target has been met, the EU/EEA has seen no decline in deaths due to hepatitis B in the past 15 years.
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The number of HIV deaths has decreased by 47% since 2010. The EU/EEA is very close to achieving the 50% reduction target set for 2025.
Surveillance and monitoring
This monitoring report provides an update on the progress towards the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3.3 targets and other main global and regional targets for eliminating HIV, viral hepatitis, TB and STIs as public health threats.
Overview of progress towards the Sustainable Development Goal 3.3 targets on HIV, tuberculosis, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections in the EU/EEA, 2025
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Surveillance and monitoring
Although preventable, HIV, tuberculosis (TB), viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) remain public health issues in the European Union and European Economic Area (EU/EEA), causing substantial morbidity and nearly 59 000 deaths annually – 90% of which are due to hepatitis B and C.
Evidence brief: Overview of progress towards the Sustainable Development Goal 3.3 targets on HIV, tuberculosis, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections in the EU/EEA, 2025
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News story
Despite advancements in detection and treatment, a new report reveals severe shortfalls in reaching the indicators for the Sustainable Development Goal target for HIV, tuberculosis, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) by 2030. More action remains necessary to prevent thousands of annual deaths and slow the rising number of STI diagnoses across Europe.
Assessment
As of 6 May 2026, seven cases have been reported in a hantavirus-associated cluster of illness on a cruise ship, including three deaths, one critically ill, two symptomatic and one with unknown status.
Hantavirus-associated cluster of illness on a cruise ship: ECDC assessment and recommendations
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Press release
ECDC has deployed an expert from the EU Health Task Force to the cruise ship affected by the Andes hantavirus outbreak, as part of a joint effort to investigate the outbreak and coordinate the public health response together with relevant Member States.
News story
ECDC is launching episomer, a customisable tool designed to support epidemic intelligence activities through the monitoring of social media data.
Tools for public health
Episomer is an R-based tool that allows users to automatically monitor trends of social media posts by time, place and topic.
News story
Hantavirus infection has been laboratory-confirmed in two individuals in connection with the cluster of illness reported on a cruise ship.
Update
ECDC, through the EU Health Task Force, supported a two-day after-action review in Slovakia to analyse response efforts to a large multi-country outbreak of hepatitis A virus and to strengthen preparedness for future events.
This list below shows the current accommodation sites in EU/EEA countries with which clusters of Legionnaires’ disease have been identified but where the European Legionnaires’ disease Surveillance Network (ELDSNet) is unable to assess the risk of Legionella infection, or where ELDSNet believe there may be increased risk to travellers.
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Dashboard showing the countries that still have remaining cases of WPV, and also those with cases of circulating vaccine derived polio virus (cVPDV).
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This infographic shows how the hyFive Hand Hygiene Tool works.
Public health guidance
This guidance underscores the need to establish and sustain IPC programmes at national and healthcare facility levels in the EU/EEA and is intended to be adapted by national authorities to their specific legal and organisational contexts, considering the heterogeneity of health systems.
Proposal for EU guidance on the establishment and implementation of infection prevention and control programmes in healthcare
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News story
Marking WHHD, ECDC is publishing proposed guidance for IPC programmes in healthcare facilities and introducing hyFive, a digital tool to support hand hygiene monitoring and data-driven implementation.
This report presents data on mpox cases reported to the European Surveillance System (EpiPulse Cases).
Orthohantaviruses (formerly known as Hantavirus genus) are enveloped, segmented, single-stranded, negative-sense RNA viruses belonging to the family Hantaviridae.
News story
A cluster of severe acute respiratory illness, including three deaths and one severely ill individual, has been reported among passengers on a cruise ship travelling in the Atlantic and registered in the Netherlands. The ship is currently located off the coast of Cabo Verde, with 149 people on board.