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/diseases/{disease_code}/distribution/{country_code}/outbreaks/alerts

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Returns a list of outbreaks of the given {disease_code} and {country_code} that were reported in the last since=$days.

Query Parameters

NameTypeRequiredDescription
sinceintegerYes.
Default = 5
The number of past days to look back from today. For example, since=2 returns outbreaks reported in the last 2 days.
  • outbreak_start (deprecated) – Replaced by outbreak_first_reported. Do not use.
  • outbreak_end (deprecated) – Replaced by outbreak_last_reported. Do not use.

The type field in the outbreak response indicates the nature of the reported disease occurrence. It can have one or two comma-separated values:

ValueDescription
outbreakA confirmed outbreak involving multiple cases linked by time and location.
sporadicA single or isolated case not linked to other known cases.
travelcaseThe case was imported from another country or region, typically through travel.
outbreak,travelcasesA cluster of travel-related cases that are considered part of an outbreak.
sporadic,travelcaseA single travel-related case that is not part of a known outbreak.

Note: Values may appear in combination (e.g., outbreak,travelcases) to indicate both the type of event and whether the case(s) were travel-related.

Authentication

Authorizationstring
API Key authentication via header

Query parameters

sinceintegerOptional

Response headers

UpgradestringOptional
X-Powered-BystringOptional
Access-Control-Allow-OriginstringOptional

Response

OK
datalist of objects
timestampinteger