The Ministry of Health for Sudan has reported that the outbreak of yellow fever in Central and South Darfur is spreading.

On 22 Oct 2012, the Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention reported 5 new locally acquired cases of P.vivax malaria in Greece.

On 29 October 2012, Sudan’s Federal Ministry of Health notified the World Health Organization (WHO) of a yellow fever outbreak.

Between January and October 2012, 1042 cases of pertussis have been reported in the Canary Islands.

Dengue fever is an ongoing problem in several states of India.

An increase in the incidence of hepatitis A has been reported from Yucatan state in the Yucatan peninsula of south-east Mexico.

Between 14 and 20 October 2012, 163 cases of measles have been reported in Pakistan.

An outbreak of undiagnosed illness that began earlier this month in the Darfur region has been identified as yellow fever.

The media has reported on West Nile virus (WNV) infection in Tunisia.

New cases of dengue fever continue to be reported from the island of Madeira since the outbreak was first identified on 3 October 2012.