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.
Since January 2019, 121 cases of Salmonella enterica infections with six different serotypes linked to sesame-based products have been reported in five EU/EEA countries.
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 18-24 July 2021 and includes updates on Escherichia coli ST38, COVID-19, Vibrio growth in the Baltic Sea the Olympic Games in Tokyo 2020 (2021), West Nile virus, avian influenza and cholera.
Between 15 March and 6 July 2021, 348 confirmed S. Braenderup sequence type 22 (ST22) cases were reported in 12 European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) countries and the United Kingdom (UK).
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.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 20-26 June 2021 and includes updates on the UEFA European Football Championship 2020, COVID-19, West Nile virus, Dengue and Ebola virus disease.
The ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) is a weekly bulletin for epidemiologists and health professionals on active public health threats. This issue covers the period 6 - 12 June 2021 and includes updates on the UEFA European Football Championship 2020, COVID-19, West Nile virus, Dengue, Ebola virus disease, measles, swine influenza and avian influenza.