ECDC and World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe have jointly developed the European Respiratory Virus Surveillance Summary (ERVISS), an interactive surveillance data dashboard for influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that also features a weekly epidemiological summary.
On Friday 13 October 2023, a team of experts from the European Commission (EC), the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), two EU Member States (Spain and Finland), the Integrated Quality Laboratory Services (IQLS), and Epiconcept finished a joint one-week visit to Kosovo* on One-Health approaches against AMR.
From 25 September to 13 October 2023, ECDC delivered a three-week introductory course for ECDC Fellowship programme (EPIET and EUPHEM paths), MediPIET and Postgraduate Training for Applied Epidemiology (PAE) fellows.
Between 9 and 13 October 2023, a team of experts will conduct a country visit to Kosovo focusing on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in a ‘One Health’ perspective.
As autumn moves to winter, the WHO/Europe, EC and ECDC are issuing a clear, urgent message: people who remain unprotected against both COVID-19 and seasonal influenza – especially the most vulnerable and at-risk – should take up any offer for vaccination to prevent or mitigate the impact of these co-circulating respiratory infections.
The public health advice-making process on schools in Sweden during the COVID-19 pandemic from November 2020 to April 2021 has undergone an After-Action Review (AAR), with results now available in a new report by ECDC and the Public Health Agency of Sweden, Folkhälsomyndigheten.
In a technical report published today, ECDC, proposes a targeted testing approach in areas with ongoing avian influenza outbreaks in poultry and detections in wild birds and other animals, focusing on severe respiratory or unexplained neurological disease.