Since the beginning of the 2023 transmission season and as of 9 August 2023, EU/EEA countries have reported 89 human cases of WNV infection in Italy (56), Greece (22), Romania (5), France (3) and Hungary (3). EU/EEA countries have reported 5 deaths in Greece (3) and Italy (2). EU-neighbouring countries have reported 9 human cases of WNV infection in Serbia (9) and no deaths.
This report is based on data for 2021 retrieved from The European Surveillance System (TESSy) on 9 October 2022. TESSy, hosted at ECDC, is a system for the collection, analysis and dissemination of data on communicable diseases.
The new joint report by ECDC and Eurofound concludes that adult work-life balance was significantly affected by measures such as stay-at-home orders and recommendations.
This report summarises results from an analysis conducted by ECDC and Eurofound to understand the impact of selected NPIs introduced from 2020 to 2022 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic on the WLB among EU adults.
As part of the on-going commitment to transparency towards its stakeholders with regards to reporting of ECDC’s activities and their results, ECDC is providing access to a list of planned scientific outputs.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 30 July - 5 August 2023 and includes updates on avian influenza, botulism, echovirus, West Nile virus, COVID-19, and Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever.
Since the beginning of the 2023 transmission season and as of 2 August 2023, EU/EEA countries have reported 41 human cases of WNV infection in Italy (26), Greece (11), France (3) and Hungary (1). EU/EEA countries have reported 3 deaths in Greece (2) and Italy (1). EU-neighbouring countries did not report any human cases of WNV infection.
Since the beginning of the 2023 transmission season and as of 2 August 2023, 2 outbreaks among equids and 19 outbreaks among birds have been reported by EU/EEA countries. Outbreaks among equids have been reported by Spain (2). Outbreaks among birds have been reported by Italy (16) and Germany (3).