Maps in support of the Council Recommendation on a coordinated approach to travel measures in the EU.

Maps in support of the Council Recommendation on a coordinated approach to travel measures in the EU.

This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 15-21 May 2022 and includes updates on COVID-19, the arrival of people displaced from Ukraine to the EU following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Influenza, polio virus, hepatitis, avian influenza, swine influenza, and poliomyelitis.

Maps in support of the Council Recommendation on a coordinated approach to travel measures in the EU.

Maps in support of the Council Recommendation on a coordinated approach to travel measures in the EU.

This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 8-14 May 2022 and includes updates on COVID-19, Influenza, the arrival of people displaced from Ukraine to the EU following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, hepatitis, measles and monkeypox.

As of 12 May 2022, ECDC has reclassified Omicron sub-lineages BA.4 and BA.5 from variants of interest to variants of concern.

Maps in support of the Council Recommendation on a coordinated approach to travel measures in the EU.

Maps in support of the Council Recommendation on a coordinated approach to travel measures in the EU.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) issued an update to the health safety measures for air travel, paving the way for a relaxation of the need to wear medical masks on board a flight, but noting that a face mask is still one of the best protections against the transmission of COVID-19.