During the past decade, the 53 Member States of the WHO European Region, 31 of which are part of the European Union/European Economic Area, invested considerably in pandemic preparedness. This came in the wake of global threats posed by (re-)emerging diseases such as avian influenza A(H5N1) and...

During the past decade, the 53 Member States of the WHO European Region, 31 of which are part of the European Union/European Economic Area, invested considerably in pandemic preparedness. This came in the wake of global threats posed by (re-)emerging diseases such as avian influenza A(H5N1) and...

In September 2023, ECDC updated its COVID-19 vaccination coverage data analysis process, in view of the evolving timing and objective of the 2023-24 season vaccination campaigns. This report presents a description of COVID-19 vaccine coverage in the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA)...

This focused after-action review (AAR), conducted by ECDC in collaboration with the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), investigated the use of evidence in the Finnish advice-making process for school interventions from December 2021 to January 2022, when the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron...

The overall aim of the study is to monitor near real-time performance of COVID-19 vaccines administered as part of 2023 autumnal vaccination campaigns in the community-dwelling resident population aged ≥65 years in EU/EEA countries to detect any variation in VE, so that public health vaccine...

This core protocol for ECDC studies of VE against hospitalisation with severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) laboratory-confirmed with SARS-CoV-2 or with influenza, version 4.0, represents an update to the main elements for a multi-country hospital-based study of COVID-19 vaccine...

In September 2023, ECDC updated its COVID-19 vaccination coverage data analysis process, in view of the evolving timing and objective of the 2023-24 season vaccination campaigns in the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA). This report presents an interim description of COVID-19 vaccine...

Long-term care facilities (LTCFs) such as nursing homes or residential care homes, often serve as residencies for elderly individuals who have medical and social vulnerabilities. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the EU/EEA lacked national incidence surveillance systems for healthcare-associated...