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  • Low uptake of seasonal influenza vaccine in Europe

    07 February, 2018

    According to the results of a joint WHO and ECDC influenza overview, seasonal influenza vaccination coverage among high-risk groups has reduced in a number of countries in the European Region over the past seven years.

    Seasonal Flu

  • MERS cases 12-18 February

    Saudi Arabia // 20 February, 2018

    MERS cases continue to be reported by the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health...

    MERS-CoV

  • WHO blueprint list of priority diseases

    13 February, 2018

    Since December 2015, the World Health Organization (WHO) has maintained a “blueprint list of priority diseases.

    MERS-CoV, Zika

  • WHO MERS Summary

    Saudi Arabia // 20 February, 2018

    In their latest MERS update, the World Health Organization states that 25 cases were confirmed in Saudi Arabia in January. Eight of those people died. The infections include a hospital-related outbreak in a private hospital in the Hafr Albatin region.

    MERS-CoV

  • WHO influenza update

    Canada // United States // United Kingdom // Algeria // Egypt // Morocco // Madagascar // Iraq // Israel // China // Hong Kong (China SAR) // North Korea // Jamaica // Haiti // Guatemala // Puerto Rico // Ecuador // Iran // Pakistan // Singapore // 06 February, 2018

    According to WHO's latest flu update dated 5 February, flu activity remained high in the temperate northern hemisphere...

    Seasonal Flu, Influenza B, SARS, Influenza H3N2, Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 "swine flu"

  • Bird flu in birds 25 February to 4 March

    Iraq // Vietnam // Taiwan (China) // Netherlands // Bulgaria // Saudi Arabia // South Africa // India // United Kingdom // Denmark // Congo DRC // Cambodia // 05 March, 2018

    Influenza H5N6, Bird flu other strains, Influenza H5N8, Bird flu H5N1, Avian Influenza H5N2

  • Human case of avian influenza H7N4 new strain in humans

    China // 14 February, 2018

    A new strain of avian influenza has been detected for the first time in a human case...

    Bird flu other strains, Influenza H7N4

  • Increased flu activity

    Japan // 01 February, 2018

    Flu activity is increasing across Japan....

    Seasonal Flu

  • WHO Influenza update

    Canada // United States // United Kingdom // Ireland // Mexico // Ecuador // Algeria // Tunisia // Egypt // Morocco // Hong Kong (China SAR) // South Korea // Pakistan // Puerto Rico // Jamaica // Suriname // 20 February, 2018

    According to WHO's latest flu update...

    Seasonal Flu, Influenza B

  • WHO "Influenza at the Human-Animal Interface" Summary

    United States // China // Switzerland // 05 February, 2018

    The WHO has published their latest risk assessment for human-animal flu, dated 25 January 2017...

    Bird flu H7N9, Influenza H5N6, Swine flu variants, Influenza H3N2

  • WHO summary H7N4 virus

    China // 22 February, 2018

    Chinese authorities have notified the World Health Organization (WHO) of the first ever case of human infection with A(H7N4).

    Influenza H7N4, Bird flu other strains

  • WHO recommends changes to the 2018-19 northern hemisphere flu vaccine

    22 February, 2018

    The WHO has recommended changes to the 2018-19 northern hemisphere flu vaccine...

    Seasonal Flu

  • USA weekly flu update

    United States // 02 February, 2018

    In the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Fluview publication, overall influenza activity had increased nationwide with Influenza A(H3) being the strain most frequently identified.

    Seasonal Flu

  • Human case of H7N9 in Guangdong

    China // 12 February, 2018


    The Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection has reported a human case of H7N9 bird flu infection...

    Bird flu H7N9

  • MERS cases 19 to 25 February

    Saudi Arabia // 26 February, 2018

    The following cases have been reported by the Ministry of Health this week...

    MERS-CoV

  • Interim flu vaccine effectiveness study

    United States // 15 February, 2018

    An interim study of the current 2017-18 flu vaccine effectiveness has been published by the US CDC...

    Seasonal Flu

  • Bird flu in birds 12 to 18 February

    Iraq // Ghana // Saudi Arabia // Cambodia // United Kingdom // Taiwan (China) // 19 February, 2018

    Bird flu continues to be reported in the following countries...

    Influenza H5N8, Bird flu other strains, Influenza H9N2, Bird flu H5N1, Influenza H5N6, Avian Influenza H5N2

  • weekly flu update

    United States // 16 February, 2018

    In the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Fluview publication, influenza activity remained elevated nationwide with influenza A(H3) being the strain most frequently identified.

    Seasonal Flu

  • New reassortant H1N2 virus identified in humans

    Netherlands // 23 March, 2018

    New H1N2 virus caused mild illness in 2-year-old child...

    Seasonal Flu

  • Bird flu in birds 12 to 18 March

    Ireland // Bhutan // Pakistan // Sweden // Taiwan (China) // Italy // South Korea // 15 March, 2018

    The spread of a variety of bird flu strains affecting poultry and wild birds continues. The following outbreaks have been reported by either the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) or national authorities this week...

    Bird flu other strains, Influenza H5N6, Bird flu H5N1, Influenza H5N8