Subject: FOR INFORMATION: Just Published: Scenarios for pre-pandemic zoonotic influenza preparedness and response
From: "ECDC respiratory viruses" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "ECDC Info" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2025 15:11:48 +0200

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To:  National Focal Points for Viral Respiratory Diseases, Operational 
Contact Points (Epi, Micro) for( Influenza, Covid-19, SARI) for ERVI-Net
Observer National Focal Points for Viral Respiratory Diseases (Enlargement 
Countries)
Contact Points for Operations (Epi, Micro) for ( Influenza, Covid-19, SARI) 
for ERVI –Net (Enlargement Countries)

Cc:  National Coordinators, National Correspondents (Enlargement Countries)

Dear colleagues,

We would like to inform you that ECDC has just published the document 
‘Scenarios for pre-pandemic zoonotic influenza preparedness and response.’.

We would like to thank all of you who contributed during the consultation 
round and provided valuable comments- your feedback was important to shape 
this final version!

The document presents potential pre-pandemic scenarios for zoonotic 
influenza based on early virological and epidemiological signals and 
outlines preparedness and response actions for each scenario for EU/EEA 
countries.

It is designed as a practical tool to support national planning, early 
detection, risk assessments, and decision-making.

The publication is accompanied by:

*	a short instruction manual explaining how to use the guide and its tools, 
and
*	a simple downloadable Excel tool that automatically defines the scenario 
(based on epidemiological and virological information) and extracts the 
relevant public health measures for each scenario.

You can access the materials here:
• Scenario document: 
<https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/sites/default/files/documents/Zoonotic_influenza_pre_pandemic_scenarios.pdf> 
Zoonotic_influenza_pre_pandemic_scenarios.pdf
• Short instruction manual: 
<https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/sites/default/files/documents/pre-pandemic-scenario-document.pdf> 
pre-pandemic-scenario-document.pdf
• Downloadable Excel tool: 
<https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ecdc.europa.eu%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fdocuments%2Fexcel-tool-scenarios-zoonotic-influenza.xlsx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK> 
excel-tool-scenarios-zoonotic-influenza.xlsx
• Press release: 
<https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-events/ecdc-defines-strategies-fight-avian-and-swine-flu-humans> 
ECDC defines strategies to fight avian and swine flu in humans

Please feel free to share these resources within your networks and with 
relevant national stakeholders.

Best wishes,

Respiratory Virus Section

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)

Gustav III:s boulevard 40, 169 73 Solna, Sweden

Phone +46 (0)8 58 60 10 00

www.ecdc.europa.eu

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