Reporting an Acute Respiratory infection outbreak (including COVID-19)
The New Web-based Care OBRA Tool is now available in the East of England region (Thursday 7th March 2024)
The Tool allows Adult Social Care (ASC) settings only to report new outbreaks of Acute Respiratory Infections (ARI’s) including COVID-19, Influenza (flu), unidentified ARI (e.g. chest infections) and single cases of Influenza. This tool should be used only when reporting a new outbreak of acute respiratory illness. Any updates to an ongoing outbreak should be emailed directly to eastofenglandHPT@ukhsa.gov.uk
The Care OBRA tool can be accessed here: https://forms.ukhsa.gov.uk/ReportAnOutbreak
- Click here for the IPC ARI guidance
- Click here for the ARI outbreak process
- Click here for the webinar slides from the UKHSA explaining the OBRA tool
To contact UKHSA East of England, please use the in-hours phone number for all calls 24/7 – 0300 303 8537.