This document describes a risk-based targeted approach to identifying possible avian influenza virus infections through established routine respiratory virus surveillance systems during the winter season 2023/24.
On 18 September 2023, 13 designated experts from the Western Balkans and Türkiye attended the 12th FWD-Net meeting at the European Chemical Agency (ECHA) in Helsinki, Finland.
The European Health Forum Gastein takes place each year in Bad Hofgastein, Austria, and gathers experts in public health from the public and private sectors as well as academia and civil society.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 17-23 September 2023 and includes updates on Nipah virus disease, severe floods, COVID-19, West Nile Virus, Poliomyelitis, and mass gathering monitoring for the Rugby World Cup 2023.
Today, ECDC Director Andrea Ammon and the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Acting Executive Director Luc Tytgat signed the EASA-ECDC Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).