ECDC publish communicable disease threats to public health in the EU

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has published its annual epidemiological report concerning communicable disease threats to public health in the EU.

The report covers the events, threats and actions taken in 2019, related to the findings of routine activities carried out by the ECDC epidemic intelligence team. The objective of epidemic intelligence at ECDC is to rapidly detect and assess public health events of any origin to ensure EU health security.

Source: ECDC, 24 August 2020