Report Immediately by Telephone: 
"24-7" Reporting

Certain infectious diseases with particularly critical public health significance are reportable immediately by phone to the Minnesota Department of Health.

For diseases that require immediate reporting a member of the Minnesota Department of Health, Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention and Control staff is available for disease consultation and reporting 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at: 
651-201-5414 or 1-877-676-5414.

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How to report "24-7" 
What to report "24-7" 

How to report "24-7"

• For diseases that require immediate reporting call 651-201-5414 or 1-877-676-5414. 
   
• A member of the Minnesota Department of Health, Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention and Control staff is available for disease consultation and reporting 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
   
• Please be prepared with as much of the following information as is known:
  • disease (whether a case, suspected case, carrier, or death)
  • date of first symptoms
  • primary signs and symptoms
  • patient name, birthdate, gender, ethnic and racial origin, residence address (including city, county, and zip code), telephone number, place of work/school/child care
  • date of report
  • health care practitioner name, address, and telephone number
  • name of hospital (if any)
  • name of person reporting (if not health care practitioner)
  • diagnostic laboratory findings and dates of tests
  • name and locating information of contacts (if any)
  • vaccination history for the disease reported
  • pregnancy status and expected date of delivery, if the infection can be transmitted during pregnancy or delivery
  • other information pertinent to the case

What to report "24-7"

Additional information is available for each disease including criteria for reporting, clinical specimen submission guidelines, and any supplemental reporting that may be requested.

• Acanthamoeba spp. (via free-living amebic infection)
• Anthrax (Bacillus anthracis)
• Bacterial Meningitis and Invasive Disease (via Meningococcal Disease (Neisseria meningitidis))
• Balamuthia spp. (via free-living amebic infection)
• Botulism (Clostridium botulinum)
• Brucellosis (Brucella abortus, Brucella canis, Brucella melitensis, Brucella suis)
• Cholera (Vibrio cholerae)
• Congenital rubella syndrome (via Rubella)
• Diphtheria (Corynebacterium diphtheriae)
• Ebola virus disease (via viral hemorrhagic fever)
• Free-living amebic infection
• Glanders (Burkholderia mallei)
• Hemolytic uremic syndrome
• Lassa fever (via viral hemorrhagic fever)
• Measles (rubeola)
• Melioidosis (Burkholderia pseudomallei)
• Meningococcal disease (Neisseria meningitidis)
• Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)
• Naegleria fowleri (via free-living amebic infection)
• Orthopox virus
• Plague (Yersinia pestis)
• Poliomyelitis
• Q fever (Coxiella burnetii)
• Rabies
• Rubella and congenital rubella syndrome
• Sappinia spp. (via free-living amebic infection) 
• Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
• Smallpox (variola)
• Tularemia (Francisella tularensis)
• Viral hemorrhagic fever 
   
• Unusual or increased case incidence of any illness