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Communicable disease threats report, 6-12 January 2019, week 2
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 from 12-18 January 2019 and includes updates on Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), measles, rubella, Ebola virus disease, influenza and Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
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Rapid risk assessment: Public health risks related to communicable diseases during the hajj 2019, Saudi Arabia, 9–14 August 2019
In 2019, the hajj will take place between 9 and 14 August. The risk for EU/EEA citizens to become infected with communicable diseases during the 2019 hajj is considered low, thanks to the vaccination requirements for travelling to Makkah (Mecca) and the Saudi Arabian preparedness plans that address the management of health hazards during and after hajj.
- Diphtheria
- Food- and waterborne diseases
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis B
- Influenza
- Mass gathering
- Measles
- Meningococcal disease
- Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- Mumps
- Poliomyelitis
- Public health threat
- Rabies
- Rubella
- Saudi Arabia
- Tetanus
- Travellers' health
- Vaccine preventable diseases
- Vector-borne disease