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Risk Background

Risk background: Countries affected by Didymosphenia geminata (Didymo)

Effective 21 September 2019 to 10 December 2022

Didymosphemia geminata is reported or likely to occur in the following countries1.

Warnings and Information Notices
Information 1

Didymo countries are:

Afghanistan, Argentina, Austria, Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia (Czech Republic), Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, India, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Kosovo, Latvia, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales), United States of America, Uzbekistan.