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. 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 Strøm  1 , Marnar Fríðheim Kristiansen  1 , Debes Hammershaimb Christiansen  2 , Pál Weihe  1   3 , Maria Skaalum Petersen  1   3
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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.
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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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