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• COVID-19 vaccination coverage in the EU/EEA during the 2025–26 season campaigns July 14, 2026
  This report presents a description of COVID-19 vaccine coverage in the EU/EEA between 1 August 2025 and 27 March 2026, with some variation in reporting dates between countries.
• Communicable disease threats report, 27 June - 3 July 2026, week 27 July 3, 2026
  This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 27 June - 3 July 2026, and includes updates on Ebola, West Nile Virus infections, Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever, expert deployment, Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), Vibrio, and an overview of respiratory virus epidemiology in the EU/EEA.
• Communicable disease threats report, 19 - 26 June 2026, week 26 June 26, 2026
  This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 19 - 26 June 2026, and includes updates on Ebola, West Nile Virus infections, Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever, Influenza A(H9N2), cholera, mpox, dengue, expert deployment, travel-associated chikungunya virus disease in EU/EEA countries, and an overview of respiratory virus epidemiology in the EU/EEA
• Reporting Protocol for integrated respiratory virus surveillance June 9, 2026
  This Reporting Protocol describes data collection for influenza, COVID-19, and other respiratory viruses (such as RSV or new viruses of public health concern) in the EU/EEA and wider WHO European Region. Data collection is integrated for most datasets in line with the operational considerations for respiratory virus surveillance in Europe.
• Communicable disease threats report, 30 May - 5 June 2026, week 23 June 5, 2026
  This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 23-29 May 2026, and includes updates on SARS-CoV-2 variant classification, Ebola, Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), mpox, West Nile virus, Salmonella, Dermatophilus congolensis and malaria.
• Communicable disease threats report, 23-29 May 2026, week 22 May 29, 2026
  This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 23-29 May 2026, and includes updates on Ebola, hantavirus, cholera, and West Nile virus.
• ECDC hosts annual meeting of the European Respiratory Viruses Network May 27, 2026
  The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) hosted the annual meeting of the European Respiratory Viruses Network (ERVI-Net) in Vienna, Austria, on 20–22 May 2026, which brought together nearly 80 representatives from EU/EEA and accession countries.
• Communicable disease threats report, 14-22 May 2026, week 21 May 22, 2026
  This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 14-22 May 2026, and includes updates on hantavirus, chikungunya, Ebola disease outbreak, avian influenza, measles, and an overview of respiratory virus epidemiology in the EU/EEA.
• Weekly respiratory virus update, week 20, May 2026 May 22, 2026
  Respiratory virus activity remains low overall across the EU/EEA: RSV: activity has returned to baseline inter-seasonal levels. Influenza: activity remains at baseline inter-seasonal levels. SARS-CoV-2: activity remains at very low levels overall.
• Standard laboratory protocols for SARS-CoV-2 characterisation May 19, 2026
  This handbook provides an updated overview of commonly used laboratory protocols for the characterisation of SARS-CoV-2, provided by the AURORAE consortium.