Elimination of COVID-19 in the Faroe Islands: Effectiveness of massive testing and intensive case and contact tracing

doi:10.1016/j.lanepe.2020.100011

. 2021 Feb:1:100011.

doi: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2020.100011. Epub 2020 Dec 17.

Elimination of COVID-19 in the Faroe Islands: Effectiveness of massive testing and intensive case and contact tracing

Marin Strøm¹, Marnar Fríðheim Kristiansen¹, Debes Hammershaimb Christiansen², Pál Weihe^{1

3}, Maria Skaalum Petersen^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Health Sciences and Centre of Health Sciences, University of the Faroe Islands, Vestara Bryggja 15, Tórshavn FO-100, Faroe Islands.
² Faroese Food and Veterinary Authority, V.U. Hammershaimbsgøta 11, Tórshavn FO-100, Faroe Islands.
³ Department of Occupational Medicine and Public Health, the Faroese Hospital System, Sigmundargøta 5, Tórshavn FO-100, Faroe Islands.

PMID: 34173620
PMCID: PMC7746139
DOI: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2020.100011

Elimination of COVID-19 in the Faroe Islands: Effectiveness of massive testing and intensive case and contact tracing

Marin Strøm et al. Lancet Reg Health Eur. 2021 Feb.

. 2021 Feb:1:100011.

doi: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2020.100011. Epub 2020 Dec 17.

Authors

Marin Strøm¹, Marnar Fríðheim Kristiansen¹, Debes Hammershaimb Christiansen², Pál Weihe^{1

3}, Maria Skaalum Petersen^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Health Sciences and Centre of Health Sciences, University of the Faroe Islands, Vestara Bryggja 15, Tórshavn FO-100, Faroe Islands.
² Faroese Food and Veterinary Authority, V.U. Hammershaimbsgøta 11, Tórshavn FO-100, Faroe Islands.
³ Department of Occupational Medicine and Public Health, the Faroese Hospital System, Sigmundargøta 5, Tórshavn FO-100, Faroe Islands.

PMID: 34173620
PMCID: PMC7746139
DOI: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2020.100011

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**Fig. 1**
Timeline with number of tests performed and cases detected per day from 3 March to 1 December, 202, in the Faroe Islands. The upper panel shows the number of reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests performed. Note this is the number of tests performed, not individuals tested. The lower panel shows a timeline of COVID-19-positive cases. Local cases are divided into quarantined (green) or not quarantined (red). Imported cases are shown in orange colors. Cases with a history of past infection, confirmed by presence of total antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 (n = 2) are not shown, and cases among crew on foreign vessels tested in Faroese harbors (n = 63 from 24 July to 23 August) are not included because they did not interact with the general population and constitute a relatively large proportion of cases compared to the population, without resulting in any SARS-CoV-2 community transmission.

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