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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 1,941–1,960 of 3,200 notices

Global Notice Global Historical notice

Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 1– Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Start date
January 29, 2016
Last updated

Source: WHO

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Zika virus disease – United States of America

Country
United States
Start date
January 29, 2016
Last updated

Source: WHO

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Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus – Thailand

Start date
January 29, 2016
Last updated

Source: WHO

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Zika virus disease – Dominican Republic

Start date
January 27, 2016
Last updated

Source: WHO

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Lassa fever – Nigeria

Start date
January 27, 2016
Last updated

Source: WHO

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Influenza A H5N6 virus – China

Start date
January 26, 2016
Last updated

Source: WHO

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Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus – United Arab Emirates

Start date
January 26, 2016
Last updated

Source: WHO

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Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus – Saudi Arabia

Start date
January 26, 2016
Last updated

Source: WHO

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Guillain-Barré syndrome – El Salvador

Start date
January 21, 2016
Last updated

Source: WHO

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Zika virus disease – France

Start date
January 21, 2016
Last updated

Source: WHO

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Zika virus disease – Haiti

Start date
January 21, 2016
Last updated

Source: WHO

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Zika virus disease – Bolivia

Start date
January 20, 2016
Last updated

Source: WHO

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Zika virus disease – Guyana, Barbados and Ecuador

Start date
January 20, 2016
Last updated

Source: WHO

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Influenza A H7N9 virus – China

Start date
January 19, 2016
Last updated

Source: WHO

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Influenza A H5N6 virus – China

Start date
January 11, 2016
Last updated

Source: WHO

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Microcephaly – Brazil

Start date
January 8, 2016
Last updated

Source: WHO

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Zika virus disease – United States of America

Country
United States
Start date
January 8, 2016
Last updated

Source: WHO

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Zika virus disease – France

Start date
January 8, 2016
Last updated

Source: WHO

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Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus – Oman

Start date
January 7, 2016
Last updated

Source: WHO

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Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus – Saudi Arabia

Start date
January 4, 2016
Last updated

Source: WHO

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