Very little influenza in the WHO European Region during the 2020/21 season, weeks 40 2020 to 8 2021

Between weeks 40 2020 and 8 2021, the World Health Organization European Region experienced a 99.8% reduction in sentinel influenza virus positive detections (33/25,606 tested; 0.1%) relative to an average of 14,966/39,407 (38.0%; p < 0.001) over same time previous six seasons. COVID-19 pandemic public health physical distancing measures may have extinguished 2020/21 seasonal epidemic with just few sporadic all viral subtypes. This might possibly continue during remainder season.