Coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in Greece, February 26 – May 3, 2020: The first wave

The STATA 16 software (SrataCorp LLC, College Station, TX, USA) was used. [...]May 3, 79,332 respiratory specimens have been tested for SARS-CoV-2 in Greece (723 tests/100,000 population) and 2,625 cases were diagnosed (22.67 SARS-CoV-2-infected cases/100,000 population). Exhaustive contact tracing...

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Published in:Travel medicine and infectious disease 2021-05, Vol.41, p.102051-102051, Article 102051
Main Authors: Maltezou, Helena C., Papadima, Kalliopi, Gkolfinopoulou, Kassiani, Ferentinos, George, Mouratidou, Elisavet, Andreopoulou, Anastasia, Pavli, Androula, Magaziotou, Ioanna, Georgakopoulou, Theano, Mellou, Kassiani, Vorou, Rengina, Antoniadou, Anastasia, Stathakarou, Anastasia, Chrysochoou, Anastasios, Gogos, Charalambos, Karaiskou, Angeliki, Kotanidou, Anastasia, Koutsoukou, Antonia, Marangos, Markos, Mentis, Andreas, Metallidis, Symeon, Papa, Anna, Pefanis, Angelos, Tsakris, Athanasios, Sipsas, Nikolaos V.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Co-morbidities
Comorbidity
Contact Tracing
Coronaviruses
Correspondence
COVID-19
COVID-19 - epidemiology
COVID-19 - mortality
Fatalities
Female
Greece
Greece - epidemiology
Hospitalization
Humans
Infectious diseases
Male
Mortality
Pandemic
Pandemics
SARS-CoV-2
Travel medicine
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Summary:The STATA 16 software (SrataCorp LLC, College Station, TX, USA) was used. [...]May 3, 79,332 respiratory specimens have been tested for SARS-CoV-2 in Greece (723 tests/100,000 population) and 2,625 cases were diagnosed (22.67 SARS-CoV-2-infected cases/100,000 population). Exhaustive contact tracing was also implemented. [...]May 3, 30,000 close contacts had been traced and isolated for 14 days [Ministry of Civil Protection; unpublished data]. [...]the current study offers insight on the first COVID-19 pandemic wave in Greece.
ISSN:1477-8939
1873-0442
DOI:10.1016/j.tmaid.2021.102051