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Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic - May 2023
This document aims to collate and present the lessons identified from the public health stakeholders who responded to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is intended to serve as input for countries revising their pandemic or emergency preparedness plans.
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Data on testing for COVID-19 by week and country
Data in multiple file formats with information about testing volume for COVID-19, sorted by week and country, and updated on a weekly basis.
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Data on hospital and ICU admission rates and current occupancy for COVID-19
Data in multiple file formats with information about hospitalisation and Intensive Care Unit (ICU) admission rates and current occupancy for COVID-19, sorted by date and country.
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Data on 14-day notification rate of new COVID-19 cases and deaths
Data in various file formats on the 14-day notification rate of newly reported COVID-19 cases per 100 000 population and 14-day notification rate of reported deaths per million population by week and country, in the EU/EEA and the UK.
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Weekly COVID-19 country overview
This weekly report provides an overview of the epidemiological situation of the COVID-19 pandemic and COVID-19 vaccine rollout by country.
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ECDC reports: Threat of outbreaks in EU/EEA countries due to persistent gaps in vaccination coverage
At the start of European Immunization Week, the ECDC report “Poliomyelitis situation update” reveals that between 2012 and 2021, approximately 2.4 million children in the EU/EEA may have not received three doses of polio-containing vaccines on time. Additionally, the newly published ECDC “Measles Annual Epidemiological Report 2022” highlights the risks when having pockets of an under-vaccinated population or groups not immunised at all.
Scientific and technical publications
Poliomyelitis situation update
The European Region was declared polio-free in 2002. Since then, renewed circulation of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) and outbreaks of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus (cVDPV) has been observed globally.
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ECDC highlights measures to mitigate possible increase in mpox cases during spring and summer
The report Public health considerations for mpox in EU/EEA countries, released today by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), sets out a number of considerations for public health authorities in areas such as vaccination, surveillance, testing, contact tracing and risk communication.
Scientific and technical publications
Public health considerations for mpox in EU/EEA countries
Since 16 May 2022, and as of 4 April 2023, 21 170 cases of mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) have been reported by countries within the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA).