As of Wednesday, 27 April 2022, there are approximately 55 cases reported from across the EU/EEA countries (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Spain). Sporadic cases have been reported from other countries around the world (Canada, Israel, Japan, USA). Today ECDC has published its Rapid Risk Assessment – Increase in severe […]
Hepatitis cases in children increase in the UK
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control has received information about an increase in cases of acute hepatitis in children in recent weeks in the United Kingdom (UK) and is sharing it internationally to raise awareness among doctors caring for children, in order to determine whether there are similar cases in other countries. In […]
Outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Africa
As of 14 February 2021, four cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD), including two deaths, have been reported in the North Kivu province in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as well as seven cases in Guinea, including three deaths. On 7 February 2021, the Minister of Health of the […]