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The EU has recently extended its arsenal with Comirnaty Original/Omicron BA.1 and Spikevax Bivalent Original/Omicron BA.1 vaccines.
As #SARSCoV2 continues to evolve, the existing vaccines are being adapted to ensure optimal protection against #COVID19.
https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-events/covid-19-recommendations-use-adapted-vaccines
RT @EANBoard: Are you as excited as we are for #WorldFieldEpidemiologyDay 2022 tomorrow? We will have our first Twitter takeover to mark the day! Current fellow @CamilleJcqln will show you what it‘s like to be a #EUPHEM fellow
#SoMe4epi #FETP
RT @EC_HERA: #DYK that an influenza pandemic is caused by a new influenza strain with no pre-existing immunity?
While difficult to predict, it's important to be prepared.
Thanks to HERA, countries can purchase up to 85 million vaccine doses.
👉 https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/IP_22_4363
RT @EU_Health: Let's prepare for a challenging autumn/winter together by:
🔹Closing vaccination gaps & rolling out boosters
🔹Ensuring surveillance, preparedness & response
🔹Continuing global actions
See our factsheet for more: https://health.ec.europa.eu/publications/factsheet-covid-19-preparing-autumn-winter-2023_en
RT @EU_Health: #COVID19: Experience over the past 2 years shows that the EU could face another wave this autumn/winter.
Building on actions proposed in April, we’re urging 🇪🇺 Member States to put the necessary preparedness & response measures in place.
RT @Eurosurveillanc: @WHO_Europe @ECDC_EU @ECDC_Outbreaks @ECDCPHT @tephinet @istsupsan @EANBoard 7 Sept is #WorldFieldEpidemiologyDay
Field #epidemiology is 🔑 to strengthening epidemiologic and surveillance capacity, mitigating public health threats, and leading to reduced mortality and case numbers, epidemic duration, and potential for spread
RT @Eurosurveillanc: @WHO_Europe @ECDC_EU @ECDC_Outbreaks @ECDCPHT @tephinet @istsupsan @EANBoard Editorial
#WorldFieldEpidemiologyDay 2022: Empowering field epidemiologists to strengthen health systems’ preparedness and response to public health threats
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https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.35.2200692
Lina Chaito joined the #MediPIET fellowship in September 2021. She is currently involved in building a new programme in Lebanon called #FrontlineFETP.
Watch the short interview with Lina and learn more about the programme -> https://bit.ly/ECDCMediPIET
Lika Karichashvili talks about the #hepatitis surveillance project she works on in #Georgia & how the #MediPIET programme has benefitted her professional development.
Watch the interview and learn more about the MediPIET programme here: https://bit.ly/3R708Mt
#SoMe4epi
RT @WHO_Europe: 🔴 22,363 cases of #monkeypox from 43 countries and areas throughout the European Region have been identified up to 30 August 2022.
Check out the joint @WHO_Europe @ECDC_EU surveillance bulletin on monkeypox 👉 https://monkeypoxreport.ecdc.europa.eu/
RT @EMA_News: Other adapted vaccines matching different variants, such as the #Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5, are currently under review by EMA. Adapted vaccines help maintain optimal protection as the virus evolves.
RT @EMA_News: ‼️ EMA has recommended authorising the first adapted COVID-19 #booster vaccines.
The Comirnaty and Spikevax vaccines adapted to the Omicron BA.1 subvariant will provide broader protection against #COVID19.
➡️ https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/first-adapted-covid-19-booster-vaccines-recommended-approval-eu
RT @EC_HERA: HERA’s twitter account is now launched! 🚀
As part of 🇪🇺#HealthUnion, @EU_Commission launched the European Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority.
Follow us to learn more about health security!
RT @EMA_News: 👋 What are your views on EMA's communication activities and products?
Participate in our #survey and help us improve our #communications!
📩 Send your feedback by 30 September.
Meet @kryeziubesfort - one of the #MediPIET programme fellows.
Discover what he has learned during the training so far & what he would like to work with after graduation.
Read more about the MediPIET programme here: https://bit.ly/3R708Mt
#SoMe4epi #Epidemiology
RT @WHO_Europe: To support countries to eliminate #monkeypox, WHO/Europe launched 2⃣ new policy briefs:
Brief1️⃣ Considerations for the control & elimination of monkeypox, developed w/ @ECDC_EU
Brief2️⃣ Vaccination against monkeypox in the @WHO European Region
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