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Editor, Senior Moderator
- Paneeraq Noahsen[SUP]1,2,3,4[/SUP]
, Louise Lohmann Faber[SUP]1[/SUP] , Silvia Isidor[SUP]2[/SUP] , Jannik Fonager[SUP]5[/SUP] , Morten Rasmussen[SUP]5[/SUP] , Henrik L Hansen[SUP]1[/SUP]
What did you want to address in this study?
We wanted to evaluate the effect of Greenland’s isolation and strict restrictions that were initiated in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic on COVID-19 morbidity and mortality.
What have we learnt from this study?
We learned that delaying the community transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 through measures including lockdowns, strict control of travellers and restrictions on public gatherings until the majority of the population had been immunised resulted in low COVID-19 morbidity and mortality.
What are the implications of your findings for public health?
Being a remote island has advantages during a pandemic, as the import of the infectious disease can be kept at bay. Populations at risk for infection should be the focus of public health interventions to improve infection control and other preventive measures.
https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2023.28.29.2200767