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Infographic
This infographic shows how the hyFive Hand Hygiene Tool works.
Public health guidance
This guidance underscores the need to establish and sustain IPC programmes at national and healthcare facility levels in the EU/EEA and is intended to be adapted by national authorities to their specific legal and organisational contexts, considering the heterogeneity of health systems.
Proposal for EU guidance on the establishment and implementation of infection prevention and control programmes in healthcare
English (1.6 MB - PDF)
News story
Marking WHHD, ECDC is publishing proposed guidance for IPC programmes in healthcare facilities and introducing hyFive, a digital tool to support hand hygiene monitoring and data-driven implementation.
This report presents data on mpox cases reported to the European Surveillance System (EpiPulse Cases).
Orthohantaviruses (formerly known as Hantavirus genus) are enveloped, segmented, single-stranded, negative-sense RNA viruses belonging to the family Hantaviridae.
News story
A cluster of severe acute respiratory illness, including three deaths and one severely ill individual, has been reported among passengers on a cruise ship travelling in the Atlantic and registered in the Netherlands. The ship is currently located off the coast of Cabo Verde, with 149 people on board.
News
ECDC is aware of suspected cases of hantavirus infection, including three deaths, associated with a cruise ship travelling in the Atlantic.
Infographic
Most respiratory virus activity remains low overall across the EU/EEA. RSV: low activity and returning to baseline levels, with the seasonal peak already passed in most countries. Influenza: activity has returned to inter-seasonal levels. COVID 19: Very low activity.
Surveillance and monitoring
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 25-30 April 2026, and includes updates on influenza, cholera, chikungunya virus disease, and an overview of respiratory virus epidemiology in the EU/EEA.
Communicable disease threats report, 25-30 April 2026, Week 18
English (1.52 MB - PDF)
News story
The new monthly surveillance report from the European Centre of Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) provides updated data on mpox in Europe and shows that clade I transmission is still ongoing in several EU/EEA countries.
Corporate document
Joint statement from members of EU-ANSA reaffirming the central role of EU agencies in driving evidence based EU policy.
EU-ANSA Statement on Research Engagement
English (2.66 MB - PDF)
ECDC corporate
Members of EU-ANSA, an EU agency network that includes ECDC, have reaffirmed the central role of EU agencies in driving evidence based EU policy, through a joint statement signed by the agencies’ Chief Scientists.
Update
ECDC presented its new open-source event-based surveillance platform, Epi+, at Luxembourg’s PHRESH General Assembly, highlighting how the tool will strengthen national coordination, data sharing and early detection of health threats.
Tools for public health
hyFive is a digital hand hygiene monitoring tool for healthcare settings developed by ECDC to support the prevention of healthcare associated infections and antimicrobial resistance.
Update
On 27-28 April 2026, ECDC hosted the second meeting of the European Union Reference Laboratories for Public Health (EURL-PH) network in Stockholm.
The Advisory Forum advises the Director of the Centre on the quality of the scientific work undertaken by ECDC.
ECDC regularly assesses new evidence on variants detected through epidemic intelligence, rules-based genomic variant screening or other scientific sources.
Corporate document
Minutes of the sixty-fifth meeting Stockholm, 25-26 November 2025. Adopted by the ECDC Management Board at its Sixty-sixth meeting, 26-27 March 2026
Minutes of the sixty-fifth meeting Stockholm, 25-26 November 2025.
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Surveillance and monitoring
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 18-24 April 2026, and includes updates on avian influenza, Salmonella Bovismorbificans, and an overview of respiratory virus epidemiology in the EU/EEA.
Communicable disease threats report, 18-24 April 2026, Week 17
English (1.42 MB - PDF)
These recorded sessions give an introduction to Whooping Cough epidemiology, surveillance, vaccination and public health impact.
These two recorded sessions give an introduction to Diphtheria agents, surveillance and public health impact.
Infographic
Most respiratory virus activity remains low overall across the EU/EEA. RSV: moderate activity but decreasing, with the seasonal peak already passed in most countries. Influenza: activity has returned to inter-seasonal levels. COVID 19: Very low activity.
ECDC corporate
This document is meant to provide an overview on European Commission funding in support of health.
European Commission funding opportunities in support of health
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ECDC corporate
ECDC rules on contribution of expenses for candidates invited to attend a selection procedure or medical examination.
Rules on contribution of expenses for candidates invited to attend a selection procedure or medical examination
English (1.19 MB - PDF)