Content originally from UK Health Security Agency

Welcome the latest edition of the Health Protection Report.

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HPR is a national public health bulletin for England and Wales, published by the UK Health Security Agency.

Current news

• Annual HIV data for 2022 published
• New respiratory disease data dashboard
• Outbreak of foodborne botulism in France affecting British nationals

Infection reports

• National influenza and COVID-19 surveillance report (England): to week 38, 2023/24 season
• Quarterly laboratory surveillance of acquired carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative bacteria in England: October 2020 to June 2023
• Annual epidemiological commentary: Gram-negative, MRSA, MSSA bacteraemia and C. difficile infections, up to and including financial year 2022/23
• Bloodstream infection due to Candida spp (and species formerly part of the Candida genus) in England: 2022
• Travel-associated infections in England, Wales and Northern Ireland: 2022
• Listeriosis in England and Wales: summary for 2021
• Acute hepatitis B: national enhanced surveillance report January to December 2020

Official statistics

• HIV testing, PrEP, new HIV diagnoses and care outcomes for people accessing HIV services: 2023 report
• Quarterly vaccination coverage statistics for children aged up to 5 years in the UK (COVER programme): April to June 2023

Risk assessment

• HAIRS risk assessment: Brucella canis

COVID-19

• New winter COVID-19 infection study
• Effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions to reduce transmission of COVID-19 in the UK: a rapid mapping review
• Green Book chapter 14a [updated 4 September 2023]

New guidance

• Shingles vaccination: why you are being asked to wait
• Brucella canis: information for the public and dog owners