Travellers returning with measles from Thailand to Finland, April 2012: infection control measures.

Countries with no autochthonous measles run the risk of the virus being imported by travellers and transmitted to unprotected citizens. In April 2012, two travellers from Finland and one from Estonia were diagnosed with measles after returning from Phuket, Thailand. They were contagious on their return flights and subsequently exposed several individuals, prompting extensive infection control measures.

Preliminary report on an ongoing outbreak of hepatitis A in Estonia, 2011.

Since the beginning of August 2011, an outbreak of hepatitis A has been detected in Estonia. The majority of laboratory-confirmed cases (n = 66) were notified between 4 August and 3 October 2011 and were linked to Viljandi county. The outbreak is still ongoing.