The article says Greece acted fast
A Bloomberg article makes reference to Greece’s successful
curtailment of the spread of coronavirus in a report focusing on the
timing of nationwide responses for the Covid-19 outbreak.
The piece stresses that Greek authorities adopted measures fast compared to other countries in Europe.
“It may seem harsh, but the markets are recovering and people are
still dying, and this marks a turning point in the spread of the
epidemic,” the author writes expressing modest optimism about the
development of the pandemic worldwide and its impact on the world
economy.
“The situation is stressful and the social distancing is difficult to
tolerate, but there are indications that the loss of lives on a larger
scale has been prevented,” the author added.
At this point he uses Greece as a case study pointing out that on the
issue of the coronavirus, the country seems to have done something
right.
“Greece quickly shut down its economy at the first sign of
trouble, at a time when tourist destinations were about to open. That
seems to have worked.”
The article lists a table showing how quickly Greece has taken measures
to implement the social distance compared to Italy and Japan.
