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• Communicable disease threats report, 5-9 January 2026, week 2 January 9, 2026
  This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 13-19 December 2025 and includes updates on respiratory virus epidemiology, cholera, Marburg virus, Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), avian influenza, and swine influenza.
• Weekly respiratory virus update, week 1, January 2026 January 9, 2026
  Respiratory viruses are on the rise across the EU/EEA: circulation of influenza viruses and RSV is increasing in several countries, while SARS-CoV-2 circulation continues to decrease
• Communicable disease threats report, 13-19 December 2025, week 51 December 19, 2025
  This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 13-19 December 2025 and includes updates on respiratory virus epidemiology, SARS-CoV-2 variants, mpox, leprosy, Marburg virus disease, dengue, and chikungunya.
• From crisis to preparedness: Lessons for Europe’s public health laboratories December 17, 2025
  A study published today shows how public health laboratories can become more resilient against future respiratory infectious diseases. The findings call for sustained capacity, better coordination and EU-level support.
• Preparedness of public health laboratories for respiratory infectious diseases – EU/EEA country perspectives on lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic December 17, 2025
  The purpose of this study was to provide evidence on how to help public health laboratories be better prepared and more resilient to future public health challenges related to respiratory infectious diseases.
• Multi-model analysis to quantify the impact of vaccination on COVID-19 and influenza hospitalisation burden among older adults in the EU/EEA, 2024/25 December 16, 2025
  Influenza vaccine coverage remains below the WHO-recommended threshold for risk groups in most EU/EEA countries, while COVID-19 vaccine coverage is declining across most countries.
• Reporting Protocol for integrated respiratory virus surveillance December 16, 2025
  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.
• New analysis indicates that vaccines greatly reduce hospitalisations for flu and COVID-19 December 16, 2025
  A new modelling study from RespiCompass, the European respiratory disease modelling hub coordinated by ECDC, indicates that influenza and COVID-19 vaccination programmes markedly reduced hospitalisations among older adults across Europe in the 2024/25 season.
• Communicable disease threats report, 6-12 December 2025, week 50 December 12, 2025
  This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 6-12 December 2025 and includes updates on respiratory virus epidemiology in the EU/EEA, measles, Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS-CoV), West Nile virus, and Marburg virus disease (MVD).
• Weekly respiratory virus update, week 49, November 2025 December 12, 2025
  Respiratory viruses are on the rise across the EU/EEA: influenza activity is increasing rapidly and circulating widely, RSV is slowly increasing, while SARS-CoV-2 circulation continues to decrease.