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| Disease/Situation | Trend | Summary | Source |
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| Influenza | Influenza activity has decreased across all surveillance indicators. | View report | |
| RSV | RSV activity has increased across all surveillance indicators. | View report | |
| COVID-19 | COVID-19 activity has decreased across all surveillance indicators. | View report | |
| Measles | There have been no confirmed measles cases in Northern Ireland since May 2025. | View report | |
| Pertussis | The number of confirmed pertussis cases has remained low in 2026. | View report | |
| Trend is selected based on the trajectory of the majority of indicators for a given pathogen | |||
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Disease/Incident | Location | Situation Overview | Source |
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Mpox | United Kingdom | During the period, 1st January 2023 to 31st August 2026 there have been a total of 1,214 cases of mpox (all clades) reported in the UK. Of these: 1,097 were in England; 40 were in Northern Ireland; 49 were in Scotland; 28 were in Wales. | |
Measles | United Kingdom | Between 1st January 2026 and 9th November 2026, there were 1055 laboratory‑confirmed measles cases reported in England (an increase of 25 since 15th October 2026). | |
Republic of Ireland | Between 22nd February 2026 and 8th November 2026, there have been 10 confirmed measles cases reported in the Republic of Ireland. | ||
Scotland | As of 11th November 2026, there have been 13 laboratory-confirmed measles cases in 2026. | ||
United States | A child in Lewis County, a rural county in New York died in the state's first known measles-associated death in more than thirty years. | ||
Ebola | Democratic Republic of the Congo | On 9th November 2026, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) reported a total of 10,990 confirmed cases, including 5,354 related deaths (data up to 8th November 2026). | |
United Kingdom | On 5th November 2026, it was reported that a British healthcare worker infected in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was medically evacuated to the UK and is being managed in a specialist High Consequence Infectious Disease unit. UKHSA advised that the risk of onward transmission in UK healthcare settings is very low. | ||
Malaria | Germany | On 4th November 2026, Frankfurt Health Department released genomic findings on the eight airport-associated malaria cases identified around Frankfurt in summer 2026. Whole-genome sequencing identified three genetically distinct clusters, linked to West Africa, indicating three separate introduction events rather than a single outbreak. |
The purpose of this report is to provide an overview of selected surveillance metrics in the form of a situational awareness summary. Horizon scanning provides information on emerging situations that can impact public health including local, national and global events.