How Iceland 'Virtually Eliminated' Its Coronavirus Cases

How Iceland 'Virtually Eliminated' Its Coronavirus Cases (newyorker.com)

How Iceland 'Virtually Eliminated' Its Coronavirus Cases

Iceland is the most sparsely-populated country in Europe, with a population of 364,134 spread across 40,000 square miles (103,000 square kilometers). But the New Yorker notes Iceland has "virtually eliminated" Covid-19 cases -- and tries to explore how they did it.

By February 28th, Iceland had already implemented a contact-tracing team. "And then, two hours later, we got the call," remembers a detective with the Reykjavík police department.

Read the complete article in the NewYorker

Submitted by mo2 on Sun, 06/07/2020 - 16:51