The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) have updated their joint Aviation Health Safety Protocol providing clear operational guidance and risk-based recommendations for health-safe air travel to complement the European Union’s initiatives, such as the EU Digital COVID Certificates.
The aim of the study protocol is to measure product-specific COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness to prevent transmission of SARS-CoV-2 infection from healthcare workers to their contacts, which can be either other patients or healthcare workers, in healthcare settings.
The public health advice-making process on schools in Sweden during the COVID-19 pandemic from November 2020 to April 2021 has undergone an After-Action Review (AAR), with results now available in a new report by ECDC and the Public Health Agency of Sweden, Folkhälsomyndigheten.
This infographic provides guidance based on the COVID-19 railway protocol developed by the European Union Agency’s for Railways (ERA), the European Commission and ECDC.
ECDC presents lessons learned from the response of Europe’s public health sector to the pandemic and highlights follow up actions addressing relevant issues which could improve Europe’s pandemic preparedness.
A webinar on post-COVID-19 condition in children jointly organised by the ECDC and the European Society of Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID) took place on 10 November 2021.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 22-28 June 2024 and includes updates on cholera, chikungunya and dengue, influenza, West Nile virus, and mass gathering monitoring or the UEFA European Football Championship and Hajj.