Credibility of reporting and reports by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
14.1.2016
Question for written answer E-000277-16
to the Commission
Rule 130
Patricija Šulin (PPE) , Tomáš Zdechovský (PPE)
According to figures from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), one case of Anthrax was recorded in 2015 in the EU (in Bulgaria)[1], while the anthrax case in Slovenia[2] is not mentioned. This raises questions about the credibility of reporting by the ECDC.
Given that accurate reporting is key to successful protection and to tackling and preventing the spread of communicable disease, could the Commission explain:
- 1.Why the case in question was not recorded?
- 2.What it intends to do to prevent anything similar happening in future?
- 3.How the public can be confident that information published by the ECDC is up to date and credible?