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.

Hantavirus, international waters

Tue May 5th 2026      4 reports (1 new)

- Follow-up on hantavirus outbreak linked to cruise ship travel: Limited human-to-human transmission likely; virus sequencing results pending; medical evacuations of sick crew members planned; Spain to receive ship in Canary Islands

Malaria, Indonesia

Tue May 5th 2026      1 report (1 new)

- Indonesia reports 706 000 malaria cases in 2025, the highest annual total in the country's recent history; cases are concentrated in Papua, Eastern Indonesia

Salmonellosis, French Polynesia

Tue May 5th 2026      3 reports (1 new)

- Salmonellosis cluster linked to raw-food exposure in French Polynesia

Dengue, Tonga

Tue May 5th 2026      3 reports (1 new)

- Follow up on dengue outbreak in Tonga: 56 confirmed cases, mainly among adolescents; DENV-2 circulating serotype

Salmonellosis, USA

Tue May 5th 2026      21 reports (1 new)

- Salmonella cluster reported at a county jail in South Bend, Indiana, USA

Leptospirosis, Mauritius

Tue May 5th 2026      2 reports (1 new)

- 20 cases of leptospirosis reported in Mauritius since January 2026, with a high case fatality rate