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In the week ending 26 September, clinical laboratories tested 33,547 respiratory specimens and 1,151 were influenza-positive. CDC said national influenza activity remained low but was increasing.
Goa has launched a life-course immunisation policy for 2026–2036. Its initial phase will offer influenza, pneumococcal and hepatitis B vaccines to at-risk adult groups.
The Statistics Division’s September 2026 CPI report, released on 2 October, recorded 7.0% year-on-year inflation and a 1.1% monthly increase. Housing-related prices rose 12.6% and transport 12.0% over the year, while food and non-alcoholic beverages fell 1.0%.
CEMADEN’s monitoring bulletin released October 2 counted 276 municipalities in the two drought classes in September, up from 157 in August.
According to DANE’s SIPSA bulletin dated October 2, cucumber wholesale prices increased in 39 of the 40 markets monitored in September. The increase in Cali was 59.44%.
Georgia’s National Statistics Office reported on 2 October that consumer prices rose 0.4% month on month and 5.6% year on year in September. Annual core inflation was 3.7%, or 3.5% excluding tobacco.
Japan's Statistics Bureau reported a September price of 172 yen per litre for regular gasoline in Tokyo's special wards. Store-sale kerosene in an 18-litre quantity was 11 percent more expensive than a year earlier.
The Muscat Stock Exchange’s market capitalization rose to OMR 39.23 billion at the end of September. According to Qatar News Agency’s account of exchange data, monthly trading value fell 6.4% to about OMR 914 million while executed trades increased to 199,000.
The central bank reported a 0.1% monthly rise in consumer prices in September and annual inflation of 1.7%. Inflation since the start of the year stood at 1.9.
Electric-vehicle entries rose 88.5% from a year earlier to 28,639.
The monthly change in Brazil’s industrial output was minus 0.6% in August 2026, in data IBGE released on October 2.
Seasonally adjusted data published by Istat on 2 October show Italian retail sales value rose 0.3% and volume 0.1% in August from July. Year on year, value increased 0.5% while volume fell 1.0%.
