Since 2022, and as of 17 July 2023, 19 neonates with severe Echovirus 11 (E11) infection have been reported in the EU/EEA, by France, Croatia, Sweden, Spain, and Italy, and nine of these neonates have died.
Since April 2023, over 300 shigellosis cases, many with multidrug-resistant Shigella sonnei -infections, have been reported to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 9-15 July 2023 and includes updates on avian influenza, West Nile virus, COVID-19, diphtheria, and vibrio.