title: The emergence and transmission of COVID-19 in European countries, 2019–2020: a comprehensive review of timelines, cases and containment
abstract: Abstract When it emerged in late 2019, COVID-19 was carried via travelers to Germany, France and Italy, where freedom of movement accelerated its transmission throughout Europe. However, effective non-pharmaceutical interventions introduced by European governments led to containment of the rapid increase in cases within European nations. Electronic searches were performed to obtain the number of confirmed cases, incident rates and non-pharmaceutical government measures for each European country.
journal: International Health