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A large outbreak of Bundibugyo virus disease is taking place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda. Although information remains limited, we assess the likelihood of infection for people living in the EU/EEA to be very low.

The identification of additional cases after former passengers and crew have returned to their home country is expected given the long incubation period of Andes hantavirus and the possibility that some infections occurred on board on the ship. The risk to the EU/EEA general population remains very low.

ECDC is warning of the increasing spread of multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Shigella infections across Europe, particularly among men who have sex with men.