Following the earthquake that devastated the Gaziantep region of Turkey and neighbouring areas of Syria on 6 February, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) warns in a publication dated 17 February that epidemics of food- and water-borne diseases, respiratory infections and vaccine-preventable infections could affect populations.
The Centre estimates that infectious disease outbreaks will become a concern within 2 to 4 weeks.
The risk is increased by the movement...