As of 26 September 2022, 92 cases of diphtheria among migrants, including a fatal one, have been reported this year by seven European countries – Austria, Germany, United Kingdom, Norway, Belgium, France and Switzerland.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 21-27 August 2022 and includes updates on monkeypox, West Nile virus, COVID-19, Ebola, Vibrio growth, diphtheria, cholera, chikungunya virus disease and dengue.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 31 July-6 August and includes updates on West Nile virus infection, monkeypox, COVID-19, cholera, diphteria, anthrax, Vibrio growth, Marburg virus disease, mass gatherings at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth games, MERS-CoV, and Poliovirus.
For 2020, 29 EU/EEA Member States reported 14 428 cases of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Excluding the five countries that only reported acute cases, the number of cases (14 137) corresponds to a crude rate of 4.2 cases per 100 000 population.
This report presents findings related to the hepatitis B and C continuum of care, policy on testing and treatment, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hepatitis services in the EU/EEA from the second data collection conducted in 2021.
ECDC provides support to EU/EEA countries in monitoring their progress towards the hepatitis elimination targets and has just published a report based on the second data collection.