ECDC press conference (May 13, Stockholm): cluster totals 11 cases / 3 deaths; EU/EEA general risk remains very low; cohort surveillance running through mid-to-late June

ECDC press conference (Stockholm, 13 May 2026): The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control reiterated the cluster's totals - eight laboratory-confirmed cases, two probable, one inconclusive, and three deaths - and characterised the risk to the EU/EEA general population as 'very low.' ECDC officials emphasised the still-open surveillance windows running until mid-to-late June across the receiving countries, and the ongoing multi-laboratory genetic analysis showing the cluster virus is a typical naturally-circulating Andes lineage rather than a new variant. The press conference was the agency's first dedicated public briefing on the outbreak since the May 6 threat assessment brief and synchronised with WHO Disease Outbreak News DON601.

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ECDC

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hantavirus