First cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the WHO European Region, 24 January to 21 February 2020

Author:

Spiteri Gianfranco1,Fielding James2,Diercke Michaela3,Campese Christine4,Enouf Vincent5,Gaymard Alexandre6,Bella Antonino7,Sognamiglio Paola8,Sierra Moros Maria José9,Riutort Antonio Nicolau10,Demina Yulia V.11,Mahieu Romain12,Broas Markku13,Bengnér Malin14,Buda Silke3,Schilling Julia3,Filleul Laurent15,Lepoutre Agnès16,Saura Christine17,Mailles Alexandra4,Levy-Bruhl Daniel4,Coignard Bruno4,Bernard-Stoecklin Sibylle4,Behillil Sylvie5,van der Werf Sylvie5,Valette Martine6,Lina Bruno6,Riccardo Flavia7,Nicastri Emanuele8,Casas Inmaculada18,Larrauri Amparo19,Salom Castell Magdalena20,Pozo Francisco18,Maksyutov Rinat A.21,Martin Charlotte22,Van Ranst Marc23,Bossuyt Nathalie24,Siira Lotta25,Sane Jussi26,Tegmark-Wisell Karin27,Palmérus Maria28,Broberg Eeva K.1,Beauté Julien1,Jorgensen Pernille2,Bundle Nick1,Pereyaslov Dmitriy2,Adlhoch Cornelia1,Pukkila Jukka2,Pebody Richard2,Olsen Sonja292,Ciancio Bruno Christian291

Affiliation:

1. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Stockholm, Sweden

2. World Health Organisation Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark

3. Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

4. Santé Publique France – Direction des maladies infectieuses, Saint-Maurice, France

5. Centre national de référence Virus des infections respiratoires, dont la grippe, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

6. Centre national de référence Virus des infections respiratoires, dont la grippe, Hospices civils de Lyon, Lyon, France

7. Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy

8. Istituto Nazionale Malattie Infettive Lazzaro Spallanzani, Rome, Italy

9. Coordination Centre for Health Alerts and Emergencies. Spanish Ministry of Health, Madrid, Spain

10. Servicio de Epidemiología, Dirección General de Salut Pública, Islas Baleares, Spain

11. Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-being (Rospotrebnadzor), Moscow, Russia

12. Department of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Common Community Commission, Brussels-Capital Region, Brussels, Belgium

13. Chief Physician, Infection control unit, Lapland Hospital District, Rovaniemi, Finland

14. County Medical Officer, Jönköping Region, Jönköping, Sweden

15. Santé publique France – Direction des régions, Cellule régionale Nouvelle Aquitaine, Bordeaux, France

16. Santé publique France – Direction des régions, Cellule régionale Ile-de-France, Paris, France

17. Santé publique France – Direction des régions, Cellule régionale Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Lyon, France

18. National Centre for Microbiology, WHO-National Influenza Centre, Institute of Health Carlos III. Madrid, Spain

19. National Centre of Epidemiology, CIBERESP, Institute of Health Carlos III. Madrid, Spain

20. Dirección General de Salut Pública, Islas Baleares, Spain

21. State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology “Vector”, Rospotrebnadzor, Moscow, Russia

22. St. Pierre Hospital, Brussels, Belgium

23. Laboratory of Clinical Virology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute, KU Leuven - University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

24. Epidemiology of infectious diseases, Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium

25. Expert Microbiology Unit, Department of Health Security, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki, Finland

26. Infectious Disease Control and Vaccinations Unit, Department of Health Security, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki, Finland

27. Public Health Agency of Sweden, Solna, Sweden

28. Jönköping Region, Jönköping, Sweden

29. These authors have contributed equally to the manuscript

Abstract

In the WHO European Region, COVID-19 surveillance was implemented 27 January 2020. We detail the first European cases. As at 21 February, nine European countries reported 47 cases. Among 38 cases studied, 21 were linked to two clusters in Germany and France, 14 were infected in China. Median case age was 42 years; 25 were male. Late detection of the clusters’ index cases delayed isolation of further local cases. As at 5 March, there were 4,250 cases.

Publisher

European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC)

Subject

Virology,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Epidemiology

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