RT @ECDC_Outbreaks: Our weekly bulletin on active #PublicHealth threats is out now!

This issue focuses on:
- #COVID19,
- #strepA
- #influenza & #influenza #AH5N1
- #MERS
- #Mpox
- #poliomyelitis
- #Marburg virus disease
- Earthquakes in Türkiye & Syria.

Read: https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/communicable-disease-threats-report-week-9-27-february-5-march-2023

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ECDC_EU/status/1631720184632229888

All European countries should be vigilant for a similar rise in cases in children, considering, in particular, the increase in respiratory virus circulation that is now occurring across Europe.

More recommendations:
https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-events/increase-invasive-group-streptococcal-infections-among-children-europe-including

#StrepA

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ECDC_EU/status/1602350977574735878

It is likely that the increase of #iGAS cases is associated with the heightened circulation of respiratory viruses, including seasonal #influenza & respiratory syncytial virus (#RSV), as coinfection of viruses with #StrepA may increase the risk of invasive disease (iGAS).

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ECDC_EU/status/1602350974999437313

During the same period, several deaths associated with #iGAS in children less than 10 years of age have also been reported. The increase has been several-fold higher than pre-pandemic levels for the equivalent period of time. 

Read more:
https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-events/increase-invasive-group-streptococcal-infections-among-children-europe-including

#StrepA

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ECDC_EU/status/1602350969647689734

A number of European countries (IE, FR, NL, ES, SE and UK) indicate an increase seen during 2022, particularly since September, in the number of cases of invasive Group A Streptococcus (#iGAS) disease among children less than ten years of age.

#StrepA

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ECDC_EU/status/1602350966313033731

#JustPublished!
Increase in Invasive Group A streptococcal infections among children in Europe, including fatalities .

Full press release:
https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-events/increase-invasive-group-streptococcal-infections-among-children-europe-including

#StrepA #iGAS

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ECDC_EU/status/1602350960738799616

Heartbreaking. Devastating for the family and school community. Thoughts and prayers for this family.
RT @BBCNewsNI: A five-year-old girl who attended a Belfast primary school which reported a severe case of #strepA has died https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-63870050?at_link_type=web_link&at_ptr_name=twitter&at_link_id=8B28EE18-7536-11ED-B19C-B2580EDC252D&at_campaign_type=owned&at_format=link&at_campaign=Social_Flow&at_link_origin=BBCNewsNI&at_bbc_team=editorial&at_medium=social

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/DianeDoddsMLA/status/1600055672665620481