In collaboration with WHO Regional Office for Europe, ECDC monitors and reports on influenza activity in Europe on a weekly basis throughout the flu season.
This annual meeting of National ECDC Correspondents and Observers National Focal Point (NFP) for Surveillance focused on the developments in technical cooperation over 2022.
Male adult users of smartphone-based online gay dating apps in the European region have high acceptance of mpox (monkeypox) vaccination according to Eurosurveillance report published on 20 October 2022.
European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) countries have detected the circulation of SARS-CoV-2 variant sub-lineages BQ.1 in levels ranging from 0−19% during week 40. This variant originates from the BA.5 Omicron Variant of Concern (VOC).
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 16-22 October 2022 and includes updates on COVID-19, monkeypox, diphtheria, West Nile virus, measles, Ebola virus disease, cholera, influenza A(H5N6), poliomyelitis, seasonal influenza, and Avian influenza A(H5N1) in mink.