This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 7-13 January 2024 and includes updates on SARS-CoV-2, measles, diphtheria, Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) and poliomyelitis.
Since the beginning of 2024, and as of 3 April, no MERS-CoV cases have been reported by WHO or national health authorities. The last reported case was in Saudi Arabia, with date of onset on 26 October 2023.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 17-23 December 2023 and includes updates on cholera, SARS-CoV-2 variant classification, avian influenza in fur farms, hepatitis A, pertussis, a cluster of extensively drug-resistant Shigella Sonnei among men who have sex with men, and an overview of respiratory virus epidemiology in the EU/EE.