ReviewScandinavian journal of public health2023
Comparing COVID-19 pandemic health responses in two high-income island nations: Iceland and New Zealand.
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- A proactive Covid-19 response associated with better health and economic outcomes for OECD High-Income Island Countries.SSM - population health · 2025Article
- Clustering-based methodology for comparing multi-characteristic epidemiological dynamics with application to COVID-19 epidemiology in Europe.Royal Society open science · 2025Article
- COVID-19 and CLL in Sweden: lessons learned?Blood advances · 2025Article
- Intra-host genomic variation of serologically nontypeableMicrobiology spectrum · 2025Article
- Impact of Covid-19 control strategies on health and GDP growth outcomes in 193 sovereign jurisdictions.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- The COVID-19 pandemic in Greenland, epidemic features and impact of early strict measures, March 2020 to June 2022.Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2023Article
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Abstract
aimsWe aimed to compare COVID-19 control measures, epidemiological characteristics and economic performance measures in two high-income island nations with small populations, favorable border control options, and relatively good outcomes: Iceland and New Zealand (NZ).
methodsWe examined peer-reviewed journal articles, official websites, reports, media releases and press articles for data on pandemic preparedness and COVID-19 public health responses from 1 January 2020 to 1 June 2022 in Iceland and NZ. We calculated epidemiological characteristics of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as measures of economic performance.
resultsBoth nations had the lowest excess mortality in the OECD from the start of the pandemic up to June 2022. Iceland pursued a mitigation strategy, never used lockdowns or officially closed its border to foreign nationals, and instead relied on extensive testing and contact tracing early in the pandemic. Meanwhile, NZ pursued an elimination strategy, used a strict national lockdown to stop transmission, and closed its international border to everyone except citizens and permanent residents going through quarantine and testing. Iceland experienced a larger decrease in gross domestic product in 2020 (relative to 2019) than NZ (-8·27%
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