Ebola disease
The outbreak remains a public health emergency of international concern
Children
Careful pre-trip preparation can reduce the travel-associated health risks to children and infants
IXCHIQ chikungunya vaccine marketing authorisation revoked by MHRA
Based on a further benefit-risk assessment for travellers, the UK marketing authorisation has been revoked by MHRA
Natural hazards and health risks
Advice for travellers visiting areas affected by natural hazards
Updated dengue 'green book' chapter published
The dengue chapter of the 'green book' (Immunisation against infectious disease) has been updated
Polio: Public Health Emergency of International Concern
An update on the polio Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC)
Mefloquine shortage
Shortage of 250mg mefloquine (Lariam) antimalarial tablets in the United Kingdom (UK) continues
Telephone advice line for health professionals: change to opening hours
The advice line opening hours will change from 7 September 2026
Cyclospora and summer travel
A reminder about Cyclospora infection and how to reduce your risk
Changes to NaTHNaC telephone contact numbers
Our Advice Line and General Enquiries telephone number change has been deferred to Autumn 2026
Hantavirus in Argentina
As of 3 October 2026, a total of 59 confirmed hantavirus cases have been reported in Argentina during 2026. Please see our Topics in Brief article for further details on hantavirus.
As of 25 April 2026, 101 confirmed cases of hantavirus infection and 32 deaths have been reported in Argentina during the 2025/2026 season. Cases have been reported in the following provinces: Buenos Aires, Salta, Santa Fe, Chubut, Río Negro, Entre Ríos and Jujuy. Please see UKHSA guidance for more details on hantavirus.
Source: StateBetween 1 January and 28 March 2026, 32 confirmed cases of hantavirus infection and eight deaths have been reported. Cases have been reported in the following provinces: Buenos Aires, Salta, Chubut, Río Negro, Entre Ríos and Jujuy. Please see UKHSA guidance for more details on hantavirus.
Source: StateAs of 8 February 2026, 19 cases of hantavirus have been reported in Argentina since the start of the year. This brings the total number of cases reported since July 2025 to 79. The Centro and South regions have been most severely affected. Please see UKHSA guidance for more details on hantavirus.
Source: StateAs of 20 November 2025, 66 cases of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (including 21 deaths) have been reported in Argentina during 2025. The Central Region has reported 64% of cases. Please see UKHSA guidance for more details on hantavirus.
Source: PAHOWest Nile virus in Italy
As of 15 October 2026, a total of 748 locally acquired human West Nile virus cases have been reported in Italy during 2026. Please see our Topics in Brief article for further details on West Nile virus.
As of 10 September 2026, a total of 590 locally acquired human cases of West Nile virus have been reported in Italy during 2026. Please see our Topics in Brief article for further details on West Nile virus.
Source: ECDCAs of 12 August 2026, a total of 224 locally acquired cases of West Nile virus, with seven deaths (one in an imported case), have now been reported from 55 provinces in 16 regions of Italy during 2026. Please see our Topics in Brief article for further details on West Nile virus.
Source: StateAs of 5 August 2026, 139 locally acquired cases of West Nile virus have been reported in 50 provinces in Italy. Please see our Topics in Brief article for further details on West Nile virus.
Source: StateAs of 29 July 2026, 94 locally acquired cases of West Nile virus have been reported in 30 areas in Italy. Please see our Topics in Brief article for further details on West Nile virus.
Source: ECDCAs of 17 July 2026, a total of 21 cases of West Nile Virus have been reported in Italy. Please see our Topics in Brief article on West Nile virus.
Source: ECDCWest Nile virus in Greece
As of 15 October 2026, a total of 455 locally acquired human West Nile virus cases have been reported in Greece during 2026. This is the highest ever number of human cases reported in Greece. Please see our Topics in Brief article for further details on West Nile virus.
As of 10 September 2026, a total of 319 locally acquired human cases (of which nine had an unknown place of infection) of West Nile virus have been reported in Greece during 2026. Please see our Topics in Brief article for further details on West Nile virus.
Source: ECDCAs of 13 August 2026, 105 cases of locally acquired West Nile virus have been reported in Greece, in 13 areas. Please see our Topics in Brief article for further details on West Nile virus.
Source: ECDCAs of 29 July 2026, 42 locally acquired cases of West Nile virus have been reported in eight areas in Greece. Please see our Topics in Brief article for further details on West Nile virus.
Source: ECDCDiphtheria in Senegal
As of 5 October 2026, a total of 161 confirmed diphtheria cases and 11 deaths have now been reported in Senegal for 2026. Confirmed cases have been reported from 12 of the country's 14 medical regions. Please see our Topics in Brief article for further details on diphtheria.
As of 13 August 2026, a total of 13 cases of diphtheria and two deaths have been reported. Please see our Topics in Brief article for further details on diphtheria.
Source: WHOEbola disease in Kenya
As of 15 October 2026, a second Ebola disease (Bundibugyo virus) case has been confirmed in Kenya, in a contact of the first case imported from the Democratic Republic of Congo. This second case remains in quarantine and is receiving treatment. Please see our Topics in Brief article for further details on Ebola disease.
On 6 October 2026, the first confirmed case of Ebola disease (Bundibugyo virus) was reported in Kenya, imported from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Contact tracing is in process. Please see our Topics in Brief article for further details on Ebola disease.
Source: StateCorsica
Occitanie
Auvergne-Rhône Alpes
Provence Alpes-Côte d’Azur
Pays de la Loire
Centre-Val de Loire
West Nile virus in France
As of 12 October 2026, 178 locally-acquired cases of West Nile virus have been recorded during 2026 in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Occitanie, Île-de-France, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Pays de la Loire, Centre-Val de Loire and Corsica. Please see our Topics in Brief article for further details on West Nile virus.
As of 21 September 2026, 117 autochthonous cases of West Nile virus have been recorded in Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, Occitanie, Ile-de-France, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Pays de la Loire and Centre-Val de Loire. Please see our Topics in Brief article for further details on West Nile virus.
Source: StateAs of 16 September 2026, a total of 92 locally acquired West Nile virus cases have been reported during 2026. For the first time human West Nile virus cases have been detected in the departments of Aude (Occitanie), Seine-et-Marne (Île-de-France), Drôme (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes), Loire-Atlantique, Maine-et-Loire (Pays de la Loire), and Loiret (Centre-Val de Loire). Please see our Topics in Brief article for further details on West Nile virus.
Source: StateAs of 6 September 2026, a total of 56 locally acquired West Nile virus cases have now been reported during 2026 in the regions of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Île-de-France, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Occitanie and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur of mainland France. This is the first time human West Nile virus cases have been detected in the departments of Aude (Occitanie), Seine-et-Marne (Île-de-France) and Drôme (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes). For six cases, no specific place of infection could be identified. Please see our Topics in Brief article for further details on West Nile virus.
Source: StateAs of 17 August 2026, 18 autochthonous cases of West Nile virus have been recorded across France in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region (Bouches-du-Rhône and Vaucluse departments), Occitanie (the departments of Pyrénées-Orientales, Aude, Haute-Garonne, and Gard), and Île-de-France (the departments of Essonne and Seine-St-Denis).
Source: StateAs of 10 August 2026, a total of six locally acquired West Nile virus cases have now been reported during 2026 in the Occitanie (Aude and Pyrénées-Orientales) and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (Bouches-du-Rhône and Vaucluse) regions of France. Please see our Topics in Brief article for further details on West Nile virus.
Source: StateAs of 27 July 2026, two locally acquired cases of West Nile virus were recorded in Pyrénées-Orientales (Occitanie) and Bouches-du-Rhône (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur). Please see our Topics in Brief article for further details on West Nile virus.
Source: StateAs of October 20 2025, 57 human cases of vector-acquired West Nile virus infection have been identified in 17 departments of mainland France. Cases have been recorded in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Occitanie regions, historically affected by the West Nile virus, and in Île-de-France, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Normandy, affected for the first time in 2025. Please see our Topics in Brief article for further details on West Nile virus.
Source: StateAs of 13 October 2025, 48 locally acquired cases of West Nile virus were reported in France during 2025. Cases have been identified from 15 departments in the following regions: Provence Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Occitanie, Nouvelle-Aquitane and for the first time Île-de-France and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Please see our Topics in Brief article for further details on West Nile virus.
Source: StateAs of 15 September 2025, 32 locally acquired cases of West Nile virus were reported in France. Cases have been identified from 10 departments in the following regions: Provence Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Occitanie, and for the first time Île-de-France and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Please see our Topics in Brief article for further details on West Nile virus.
Source: StateAs of 3 September 2025, 20 locally acquired cases of West Nile virus were reported from France. Cases have been reported from Provence Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Occitanie, and for the first time Île-de-France and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Please see our Topics in Brief article for further details on West Nile virus.
Source: StateAs of 19 August 2025, 13 locally acquired cases of West Nile virus were reported from France. Cases have been reported from Provence Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Occitanie, Corsica and for the first time Île-de-France. Please see our Topics in Brief article for further details on West Nile virus.
Source: StateOccitanie
Île-de-France
Provence Alpes-Côte d’Azur
Chikungunya in France
As of 12 October 2026, a total of 162 locally acquired chikungunya cases have been reported during 2026 in Tarn, Lot, Gard (Occitanie), Gironde, Landes, Pyrenees-Atlantiques (Nouvelle-Aquitaine), Val-de-Marne (Île-de-France) and Var (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) in France. Please see our Topics in Brief article for further details on chikungunya.
As of 5 October 2026, a total of 146 locally acquired chikungunya cases have been reported during 2026 in Tarn, Lot (Occitanie), Gironde (Nouvelle-Aquitaine), Val-de-Marne (Île-de-France) and Var (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) in France. Please see our Topics in Brief article for further details on chikungunya.
Source: StateAs of 28 September 2026, 125 locally acquired cases of chikungunya have been identified in France, in Tarn, Lot, Gard (Occitanie), Gironde, Landes (Nouvelle-Aquitaine), Val-de-Marne (Ile-de-France) and Var (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur). Please see our Topics in Brief article for further details on chikungunya.
Source: StateAs of 23 September 2026, 90 autochthonous cases of chikungunya have been identified in France, in Tarn, Lot (Occitanie), Gironde, Landes (Nouvelle-Aquitaine) and Val-de-Marne (Ile-de-France). Please see our Topics in Brief article for further details on chikungunya.
Source: StateAs of 9 September 2026, a total of 57 locally acquired chikungunya cases have been reported during 2026 in Tarn, Lot (Occitanie), Gironde (Nouvelle-Aquitaine) and Val-de-Marne (Île-de-France) in France. Please see our Topics in Brief article for further details on chikungunya.
Source: ECDCAs of 30 August 2026, a total of 46 locally acquired chikungunya cases have been reported during 2026 in Tarn, Lot (Occitanie), Gironde (Nouvelle-Aquitaine) and Val-de-Marne (Île-de-France) in France. Please see our Topics in Brief article for further details on chikungunya.
Source: StateAs of 26 August 2026, a total of 33 locally acquired chikungunya cases have been reported during 2026 in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine (Gironde), Occitanie (Tarn, Lot) and Île-de-France (Val-de-Marne) regions of France. Please see our Topics in Brief article for further details on chikungunya.
Source: StateAs of 17 August 2026, a total of 25 locally acquired chikungunya cases have been reported during 2026 in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine (Gironde) and Occitanie (Tarn) regions of France. Please see our Topics in Brief article for further details on chikungunya.
Source: StateAs of 10 August 2026, a total of 15 locally acquired chikungunya cases have been reported during 2026 in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine (Gironde) and Occitanie (Tarn) regions of France. Please see our Topics in Brief article for further details on chikungunya.
Source: StateAs of 3 August 2026, seven locally acquired cases of chikungunya have been reported in Tam (Occitanie) and Gironde (Nouvelle-Aquitaine). Please see our Topics in Brief article for further details on chikungunya.
Source: StateAs of 27 July 2026, a locally acquired case of chikungunya has been reported in the Tam region, Occitanie. This is the first locally acquired chikungunya case in mainland France in 2026. Please see our Topics in Brief article for further details on chikungunya.
Source: StateMpox in Norway
A total of five clade I mpox cases have been reported in Norway in the past 12 months (October 2025 to September 2026). Both clade I and II mpox have been reported in Norway. Please see our Topics in Brief article for further details on mpox.
Mpox in Hungary
A total of 10 clade I mpox cases have been reported in Hungary in the past 12 months (October 2025 to September 2026). Clade I mpox was reported in Hungary for the first time in 2026. Clade II mpox has been reported in Hungary previously. Please see our Topics in Brief article for further details on mpox.
Mpox in Poland
A total of 21 clade I mpox cases have been reported in Poland in the past 12 months (October 2025 to September 2026). Clade Ib mpox has been reported among sequenced mpox cases in Poland. Please see our Topics in Brief article for further details on mpox.



