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Training on epidemic intelligence and rapid risk assessment
From 26 – 29 April, ECDC hosted a virtual training on epidemic intelligence and rapid risk assessment organised by the by the EU Initiative on Health Security.
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ECDC publishes Rapid Risk Assessment - Increase in severe acute hepatitis cases of unknown aetiology in children
Following the initial report of an increase of severe acute hepatitis cases of unknown aetiology among previously healthy children by the United Kingdom on 5 April 2022, and as of 20 April 2022, 111 cases, aged 10 and under have been identified in that country.
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Epidemiological update: SARS-CoV-2 Omicron sub-lineages BA.4 and BA.5
As of 12 May 2022, ECDC has reclassified Omicron sub-lineages BA.4 and BA.5 from variants of interest to variants of concern.
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Data on SARS-CoV-2 variants in the EU/EEA
Data in various file formats on the volume of SARS-CoV-2 sequencing, as well as the number and percentage distribution of variants by week and country.
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Communicable disease threats report, 8-14 May 2022, week 19
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 8-14 May 2022 and includes updates on COVID-19, Influenza, the arrival of people displaced from Ukraine to the EU following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, hepatitis, measles and monkeypox.
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Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C)
A webinar on Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) was jointly organised by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the European Society of Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID) on 20 January 2022.
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Webinar on Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C)
A webinar on Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) jointly organised by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the European Society of Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID) took place on 20 January 2022.
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Communicable disease threats report, 1-7 May 2022, week 18
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 1-7 May 2022 and includes updates on COVID-19, Influenza, the arrival of people displaced from Ukraine to the EU following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, hepatitis, Ebola, Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, chikungunya and dengue.
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Increase in severe acute hepatitis cases of unknown aetiology in children
An increase in severe acute hepatitis cases of unknown aetiology among previously healthy children was first reported by the United Kingdom (UK) on 5 April 2022.
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Rapid risk assessment: Paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome and SARS -CoV-2 infection in children
Several countries affected by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic recently reported cases of children that were hospitalised in intensive care due to a rare paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome (PIMS). The presenting signs and symptoms are a mix of the ones for Kawasaki disease (KD) and toxic shock syndrome (TSS) and are characterised, among others, by fever, abdominal pain and cardiac involvement. A possible temporal association with SARS-COV-2 infection has been hypothesised because some of the children that were tested for SARS-CoV-2 infection were either positive by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) or serology.