This digest highlights the latest events and signals submitted to the BEACON platform—a global system for tracking and analyzing emerging biological threats. Stay informed with real-time updates from around the world, curated to help you monitor developments affecting human, animal, and environmental health.

Norovirus, Latvia

Fri Oct 2nd 2026      1 report (1 new)

- Norovirus outbreak with 92 cases at a kindergarten in Salaspils, Vidzeme Region, Latvia

Foodborne botulism, Kazakhstan

Fri Oct 2nd 2026      1 report (1 new)

- Foodborne botulism cluster involving five family members after consuming homemade cold-smoked fish in Mangystau Region, Kazakhstan

Zika virus disease, Yemen

Fri Oct 2nd 2026      1 report (1 new)

- First documented Zika virus cases in Yemen and the Arabian Peninsula reported in Aden, Yemen; active local circulation confirmed (2025)

Cholera, Zambia

Fri Oct 2nd 2026      3 reports (1 new)

- Zambia declares a new cholera outbreak; 304 suspected cases and 11 deaths across seven districts in five provinces

Cholera, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Fri Oct 2nd 2026      16 reports (1 new)

- South Kivu Province, DRC, reports more than 12 700 cholera cases and 175 deaths in 2026

Orf virus infection, Portugal

Fri Oct 2nd 2026      1 report (1 new)

- Portugal reports first laboratory-confirmed human orf infection: Occupational zoonosis in a veterinary student after a goat bite (2025)

Novel Shamonda-like orthobunyavirus, Europe

Fri Oct 2nd 2026      9 reports (1 new)

- Shamonda-like virus (SHAV-EU1/EU2) in Europe – Rapidly expanding multi-country outbreak with congenital malformations in cattle and sheep

Undiagnosed event, New Caledonia

Fri Oct 2nd 2026      1 report (1 new)

- RFI: Mass stranding of approximately 20 juvenile sperm whales in Chesterfield Archipelago, New Caledonia; cause unknown

Measles, Syria

Fri Oct 2nd 2026      2 reports (1 new)

- Syria reports 765 laboratory-confirmed measles cases and seven related deaths in 2026, with cases concentrated in the northeast and Aleppo