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Hepatitis cases of unknown aetiology in children

ECDC is monitoring an increase in severe acute hepatitis cases of unknown aetiology among previously healthy children, first reported by the UK on 5 April 2022.

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Support for countries neighbouring Ukraine

Refugees entering the EU/EEA from Ukraine may be vulnerable to developing certain infectious diseases. ECDC is therefore leading a series of immediate actions to support countries neighbouring Ukraine.

COVID-19: First steps to relax air travel

A statement by ECDC and EASA paves the way for relaxation of air travel safety measures related to COVID-19.

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COVID-19 Vaccine Tracker

Monitor the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines across EU/EEA countries.

Geographic distribution of COVID-19 cases worldwide, as of 9 June 2020

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14-day notification rate weighted by vaccine uptake, updated 3 February 2022

Weekly maps in support of the Council Recommendation

Weekly maps showing 14-day notification rate, testing rate and test positivity

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Surveillance and disease data

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All information related to infectious disease threats and outbreaks within and outside Europe

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Vaccine Schedule

The Vaccine Schedule is an interactive platform of vaccination schedules for individual European countries and specific age groups.

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ECDC Virtual Academy (EVA)

Online training platform with open and restricted courses, webinars and video lectures - in the area of disease prevention and control.

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Surveillance Atlas for infectious diseases

See the latest data on infectious diseases in Europe in interactive format that allows the user to produce maps and tables.

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Antimicrobial resistance

One of the biggest threats to public health: when antibiotics lose their ability to kill or stop the growth of bacteria to cure infections. See the latest data and advice related to the spread or occurrence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

Immunisation and vaccines

Vaccines help us to protect our health. How do we reach those that do not vaccinate and how do we tackle insufficient vaccination coverage in Europe?

Seasonal influenza

Seasonal influenza is a vaccine-preventable disease that each year infects approximately ten to thirty per cent of Europe's population, and causes hundreds of thousands of hospitalisations across Europe.

HIV infection

Is Europe on track to end HIV? What are the latest epidemiological trends and how do we address gaps in Europe’s HIV response?

Viral hepatitis

ECDC co-ordinates the enhanced surveillance for hepatitis A, B and C to help countries define epidemiological trends or transmission patterns among newly diagnosed cases.

Tuberculosis

Managing latent tuberculosis and eliminating TB by 2030: check how Europe is doing to prevent and cure tuberculosis.

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Hepatitis cases of unknown aetiology in children

COVID-19 pandemic

Support for countries neighbouring Ukraine

COVID-19: First steps to relax air travel

COVID-19 quick links

COVID-19 Vaccine Tracker

Situation updates

Weekly maps in support of the Council Recommendation

Latest updates

EASA and ECDC take first steps to relax COVID-19 measures for air travel

Legionnaires’ disease - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2020

Communicable disease threats report, 1-7 May 2022, week 18

ECDC Summer School 2022: Emerging challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic

SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands – ECDC supports World Hand Hygiene Day 2022

Data for the maps in support of the Council Recommendation on a coordinated approach to the restriction of free movement in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the EU/EEA

Data on the daily subnational 14-day notification rate of new COVID-19 cases

14-day notification rate weighted by vaccine uptake, updated 12 May 2022

Data on SARS-CoV-2 variants in the EU/EEA

Archive of data for the maps in support of the Council Recommendation on a coordinated approach to travel measures in the EU

Webinar: West Nile virus and Usutu virus infections in the European Union: the public health and animal health challenges

ECDC4Africa CDC: Sharing experiences, successes and lessons learned among field epidemiology training programmes in Africa and Europe

Workshop on After-Action Reviews (AAR) and In-Action Reviews (IAR)

E-learning course on Epidemic Intelligence (EI)

E-learning course: Introduction to Outbreak Investigation

E-learning courses on COVID-19

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Surveillance and disease data

Current threats and outbreaks

Public health training

Data and tools

Vaccine Schedule

ECDC Virtual Academy (EVA)

Surveillance Atlas for infectious diseases

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Antimicrobial resistance

Immunisation and vaccines

Seasonal influenza

HIV infection

Viral hepatitis

Tuberculosis

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