The ECDC updates are based on available data reported through the European Surveillance System (TESSy) by the national public health authorities of EU/EEA countries.
Risks of an adverse event following influenza vaccination are far less common than complications related to influenza itself, and the adverse events are generally localised and mild.
During their two-year fellowship, ECDC Fellowship Programme fellows are placed in different training sites.
Training sites selected to host a fellow are those with responsibilities for communicable disease surveillance, epidemiology, and public health advice. Selection criteria include an assessment of the training site’s potential for the practice of intervention epidemiology or public health microbiology and the quality of training supervision available for the fellows.
The EU Health Task Force (EUHTF) is an initiative to support countries in Europe and around the world by providing operational outbreak response and crisis preparedness related to communicable diseases or diseases of unknown origin.
Seasonal influenza is a vaccine-preventable disease and annual influenza vaccination is the most effective way to prevent influenza. ECDC continues to emphasise that all Europeans who are recommended to have the influenza vaccine should get vaccinated.