On 3 August 2015, Spain notified a case of chikungunya virus infection in a resident of the city of Gandía in the autonomous community of Valencia. On 11 September 2015, authorities in Spain acknowledged that the case was a false positive. This rapid risk assessment reviews the later discarded chikungunya case reported from Spain without travel history to endemic areas and the risk of possible onwards transmission.
In 2010, ECDC published the guidance HIV testing: increasing uptake and effectiveness in the European Union. In consideration of the recent developments in this field, ECDC is considering to update the guidance in 2016.