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Outbreak notice totals

All-time counts across every WHO Disease Outbreak News bulletin in Public Health Trace.

3,200
Total noticesEvery WHO Disease Outbreak News bulletin
Case total not available
Confirmed casesSum of reported illnesses
131
Countries affected
October 15, 2026
Most recent notice

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Outbreaks reported by month (Year to date)

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Source: WHO public dataLast updated

Summary (Year to date)

  • 27 outbreaks have been reported year to date.
  • Sep 2026 was 33% lower than the previous complete period (Aug 2026: 3).
  • The highest complete period was May 2026 (7).
  • Oct 2026 is incomplete and not included in the figures above.
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Notices by country

A bar chart of the number of matching notices by country.

Notices by country
CountryNotices
Democratic Republic of the Congo6
United States2
Saudi Arabia1
Russia1
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Outbreak notices

Showing 1,381–1,400 of 3,200 notices

Global Notice Global Historical notice

2000 - Cholera in Somalia

Start date
June 7, 2021
Last updated

Source: WHO

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Global Notice Global Historical notice

2000 - Acute haemorrhagic fever syndrome in Afghanistan

Start date
June 7, 2021
Last updated

Source: WHO

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Global Notice Global Historical notice

1999 - Hendra-like virus (Nipah virus) in Malaysia - Update

Start date
June 7, 2021
Last updated

Source: WHO

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Global Notice Global Historical notice

1999 - Sylvatic yellow fever in South America

Start date
June 7, 2021
Last updated

Source: WHO

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Global Notice Global Historical notice

1999 - Plague in Namibia

Start date
June 7, 2021
Last updated

Source: WHO

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Global Notice Global Historical notice

1999- Single isolation of H5N1 influenza virus in a goose, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China

Start date
June 7, 2021
Last updated

Source: WHO

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Global Notice Global Historical notice

2000 - Cholera in Afghanistan

Start date
June 7, 2021
Last updated

Source: WHO

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Global Notice Global Historical notice

2000 - Imported case of Lassa fever in Germany - Update

Start date
June 7, 2021
Last updated

Source: WHO

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Global Notice Global Historical notice

2000 - Meningococcal disease in Ethiopia - Update

Start date
June 7, 2021
Last updated

Source: WHO

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Global Notice Global Historical notice

1999 - Meningococcal meningitis in Guinea-Bissau

Start date
June 7, 2021
Last updated

Source: WHO

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Global Notice Global Historical notice

2000 - Legionnaires' disease in Australia

Start date
June 7, 2021
Last updated

Source: WHO

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Global Notice Global Historical notice

1999 - Diarrhoeal disease/cholera in Congo

Start date
June 7, 2021
Last updated

Source: WHO

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Global Notice Global Historical notice

1999- Cholera in Somalia

Start date
June 7, 2021
Last updated

Source: WHO

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Global Notice Global Historical notice

2000 - Meningococcal disease in Hungary

Start date
June 7, 2021
Last updated

Source: WHO

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Global Notice Global Historical notice

1999 - Janpanese Encephalitis and Hendra-like Viurs in Malaysia

Start date
June 7, 2021
Last updated

Source: WHO

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Global Notice Global Historical notice

1999 - Yellow fever in Bolivia

Start date
June 7, 2021
Last updated

Source: WHO

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Global Notice Global Historical notice

2000 - Measles in Ireland

Start date
June 7, 2021
Last updated

Source: WHO

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Global Notice Global Historical notice

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 63

Start date
June 4, 2021
Last updated

Source: WHO

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Global Notice Global Historical notice

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 61

Start date
June 4, 2021
Last updated

Source: WHO

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Global Notice Global Historical notice

Influenza A(H1N1) - update 40

Start date
June 4, 2021
Last updated

Source: WHO

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