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InfectRisk tracks flu, COVID-19 and RSV activity in 24 countries, combining data from five national surveillance systems into a single comparable signal. This page is for journalists, researchers and partners.
Fact sheet
How the numbers are derived
Each country is classified low / moderate / high against thresholds calibrated to its own seasonal reference values. Since national systems use different indicators (consultation rates, hospital admissions, positivity, wastewater), InfectRisk rescales them to a common consultation-equivalent signal. This lets users compare countries directly without conflating underlying reporting differences.
Rescaling uses pathogen-specific conversion factors derived from the ratio of typical seasonal peaks in each system. Methodology is documented on each country page under "Data sources and methodology".
Data source citations
Embed a widget
Any site can embed a single-country widget via iframe. No registration, no tracking, CC-BY attribution.
<iframe src="https://infectrisk.com/widget/usa" width="320" height="200" frameborder="0" title="InfectRisk — USA"> </iframe>
Replace usa with any supported country: germany, uk, france, spain, italy, netherlands, poland, sweden, austria, belgium, denmark, ireland, portugal, finland, norway, czechia, hungary, romania, greece, iceland, japan, india, china. Append ?theme=dark for dark mode.
JSON API
Per-country snapshot as JSON (CORS open). Cached 6 hours server-side.
curl https://infectrisk.com/api/snapshot/germany curl https://infectrisk.com/api/snapshot/usa curl https://infectrisk.com/api/snapshot/france
Brand & logos
Name written as InfectRisk (EN) or InfektRisiko (DE). Logo is a stylised star — SVG available on request.
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Contact
Questions, custom data cuts, embargoed numbers for stories:
press@infectrisk.com