A three-day training workshop organised by ECDC and WHO/Europe and hosted by the Slovenian National Institute of Public Health (NIPH) brought together participants from the EU and a number of accession countries to strengthen their national Public Health Emergency Operations Centres (PHEOCs) and to ensure they operate in line with EU and international standards.

With the EU experiencing its most intense West Nile virus season to date and detections of the virus in new areas further north in Europe, ECDC calls for sustained prevention, surveillance and mosquito control.

Following the reported death of a laboratory worker in Irkutsk, Russia, from pneumonia that is suspected to be pneumonic plague, ECDC is closely monitoring the situation. 

A worldwide epidemiological summary of the countries most affected by cholera.

Every month ECDC provides detailed epidemiological overview of the worldwide transmission of dengue in its weekly threat report (Communicable Diseases Threat Report).

An EU-led mission of experts to Albania this week will identify priority gaps, define areas for further action and support the strengthening of national responses to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the country.

A healthcare worker from Europe based in the DRC who tested positive for Bundibugyo virus on 29 September has been medically evacuated to receive specialised care.

The report brings together surveillance data on hepatitis A from EU candidate countries.

With the Ebola disease situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) still critical, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) is deploying experts to DRC to increase support at the epicentre of the outbreak.

In July and August, two fellows from ECDC’s long-standing European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET) were deployed to South Sudan through the EU Health Task Force (EUHTF) and WHO’s Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN), to support the country’s Ebola preparedness and strengthen surveillance. 

Europe needs to improve its preparedness and control efforts as the risk of mosquito-borne diseases increases, with West Nile virus (WNV) continuing to spread to new regions and invasive mosquito species becoming established in more parts of Europe.

On 6 August 2026, French public health authorities reported an imported case of Andes hantavirus infection in a traveller from Argentina. 

This report presents data on mpox cases reported to the European Surveillance System (EpiPulse Cases). EU/EEA countries report case based data to ECDC on diagnosed mpox cases. For case numbers by countries, Western Balkans and Türkiye are included.

Every month ECDC provides detailed epidemiological overview of the worldwide transmission of chikungunya virus disease in its weekly threat report (Communicable Diseases Threat Report).

The risk of catching some infectious diseases is growing amidst longer, warmer summers across Europe, making close cooperation across borders and sectors vital to predict, prevent, and respond effectively, ECDC said today.

World Hepatitis Day is an opportunity to raise awareness of the risk of contracting hepatitis and the health threats it can bring, while at the same time recognising the progress Europe has made to strengthen prevention.

While Europe has made steady progress in preventing hepatitis B and C the region is set to miss the 2030 target to eliminate viral hepatitis as a public health threat.

Today ECDC published new guidance on respiratory virus surveillance for the EU/EEA.

An increasing number of European countries have detected gonococcal strains resistant to the antibiotic ceftriaxone, the first-line drug to treat gonorrhoea infection.

ECDC is launching an updated data visualisation that predicts where the risk of being infected by Vibrio bacteria could be greatest.