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We report an epidemiologic analysis of 4,210 cases of infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 and genetic analysis of 313 new near-complete virus genomes in Panama during March 9-April 16, 2020. Although containment measures reduced R0 and Rt, they did not interrupt virus spread in the country.

Original publication

DOI

10.3201/eid2702.203767

Type

Journal article

Journal

Emerging infectious diseases

Publication Date

02/2021

Volume

27

Pages

612 - 615

Keywords

Gorgas COVID19 team and Panama COVID19 Laboratory Network, Humans, Population Surveillance, Phylogeny, Genome, Viral, Time Factors, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Middle Aged, Panama, Female, Male, Disease Transmission, Infectious, Young Adult, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 Nucleic Acid Testing