Molecular Epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in Greece Reveals Low Rates of Onward Virus Transmission after Lifting of Travel Restrictions Based on Risk Assessment during Summer 2020
Journal article published in 2021 by
Evangelia Georgia Kostaki 
,
Georgios A. Pavlopoulos,
Kleio-Maria Verrou,
Giannis Ampatziadis-Michailidis,
Vaggelis Harokopos,
Pantelis Hatzis,
Panagiotis Moulos,
Nikolaos Siafakas ,
Spyridon Pournaras,
Christos Hadjichristodoulou,
Fani Chatzopoulou,
Dimitrios Chatzidimitriou,
Periklis Panagopoulos,
Panagiota Lourida,
Aikaterini Argyraki
and other authors.
,
Georgios A. Pavlopoulos,
Kleio-Maria Verrou,
Giannis Ampatziadis-Michailidis,
Vaggelis Harokopos,
Pantelis Hatzis,
Panagiotis Moulos,
Nikolaos Siafakas ,
Spyridon Pournaras,
Christos Hadjichristodoulou,
Fani Chatzopoulou,
Dimitrios Chatzidimitriou,
Periklis Panagopoulos,
Panagiota Lourida,
Aikaterini Argyraki
and other authors.
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Abstract
Our study based on current state-of-the-art molecular epidemiology methods suggests that virus screening and public health measures after the lifting of travel restrictions prevented SARS-CoV-2 onward transmission from imported cases during summer 2020 in Greece. These findings provide important data on the efficacy of targeted public health measures and have important implications regarding the safety of international travel during a pandemic.