Italy has reported an outbreak of Candida auris in the region of Liguria with at least 277 cases. The first C. auris case in Liguria was detected in one hospital in July 2019 and cases continued to occur sporadically in the same hospital.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 6-12 February 2022, and includes updates on COVID-19, Influenza, Lassa fever, mass gathering monitoring for the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, Chikungunya, and dengue.
ECDC has worked with EU/EEA countries to develop a methodology for regular national reporting of existing national surveillance data on COVID-19 in LTCFs, aiming for maximum feasibility. This is to enable ECDC to communicate timely information on epidemiological trends of COVID-19 in LTCFs, in support of national and EU/EEA-level preparedness and response activities.
This document aims to help public health authorities in EU/EEA countries and the UK in their tracing and
management of persons, including healthcare workers, who have had contact with COVID-19 cases.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 25-31 July 2021 and includes updates on COVID-19, Vibrio growth in the Baltic Sea, the Olympic Games in Tokyo 2020 (2021), West Nile virus, chikungunya and dengue.
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreaks in long-term care facilities (LTCFs) in European Union and European Economic Area (EU/EEA) countries have caused significant morbidity and mortality since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
On 26 July ECDC published the Rapid Risk Assessment COVID-19 outbreaks in long-term care facilities in the EU/EEA in the context of current vaccine coverage, following several outbreaks that occurred in these settings during the past six months in several EU/EEA countries, resulting in some cases of severe disease and deaths.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 27 June-3 July 2021 and includes updates on the UEFA European Football Championship 2020 (2021), Vibrio growth in the Baltic Sea, COVID-19, Monkeypox, West Nile virus, Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), Chikungunya, Dengue and Poliomyelitis.