COVID-19: do it like Greece. Why Greece is coping with COVID-19 better than other countries?

Affiliations

¹ Renal Transplantation Unit, Laiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
² N.S. Christeas Laboratory of Experimental Surgery and Surgical Research, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
³ First Department of Propedeutic Internal Medicine, Laiko General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
⁴ Department of Pulmonology, Laiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
⁵ First Department of Pulmonology, Sismanogleio Hospital, Athens, Greece.
⁶ First Department of Pediatrics, Agia Sofia Children´s Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
⁷ Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes Center, G. Gennimatas General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
⁸ Second Department of Propedeutic Surgery, Laiko General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
⁹ sssDepartment of Hematology Laboratory Blood Bank, Aretaieion Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Greece.
¹⁰ Department of Internal Medicine, "Ygeias Melathron" Hospital, Athens, Greece.
¹¹ First Department of Surgery, Laiko General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
¹² Department of Emergency Medicine, Laiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
¹³ Department of Biochemistry, Sismanogleio Hospital, Athens, Greece.

Christos Damaskos et al. Pan Afr Med J. 2020.

. 2020 Jul 13;35(Suppl 2):109.

doi: 10.11604/pamj.supp.2020.35.2.24946. eCollection 2020.

¹ Renal Transplantation Unit, Laiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
² N.S. Christeas Laboratory of Experimental Surgery and Surgical Research, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
³ First Department of Propedeutic Internal Medicine, Laiko General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
⁴ Department of Pulmonology, Laiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
⁵ First Department of Pulmonology, Sismanogleio Hospital, Athens, Greece.
⁶ First Department of Pediatrics, Agia Sofia Children´s Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
⁷ Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes Center, G. Gennimatas General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
⁸ Second Department of Propedeutic Surgery, Laiko General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
⁹ sssDepartment of Hematology Laboratory Blood Bank, Aretaieion Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Greece.
¹⁰ Department of Internal Medicine, "Ygeias Melathron" Hospital, Athens, Greece.
¹¹ First Department of Surgery, Laiko General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
¹² Department of Emergency Medicine, Laiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
¹³ Department of Biochemistry, Sismanogleio Hospital, Athens, Greece.

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Keywords: COVID-19; Greece; pandemic; public health.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interests.

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